gitstream-tui

A lightweight terminal dashboard for watching GitHub repository activity in real-time. Built for developers running multiple agentic coding sessions who need a single pane of glass for what's happening across their repos.

Features

• Live multi-repo activity feed (pushes, PRs, comments, reviews, CI, branches)
• Color-coded event types for quick scanning
• Configurable polling interval
• Minimal resource usage - single binary, no runtime dependencies
• Keyboard navigation and filtering

Install

Homebrew (macOS / Linux)

brew install moneycaringcoder/tap/gitstream

Scoop (Windows)

scoop bucket add moneycaringcoder https://github.com/moneycaringcoder/scoop-bucket
scoop install gitstream

Go

go install github.com/moneycaringcoder/gitstream-tui/cmd/gitstream@latest

Requires Go 1.24+. The binary is installed to $GOPATH/bin (usually ~/go/bin).

Note: go install builds from source and does not embed version info. For automatic update checks to work correctly, use one of the other install methods or download a pre-built binary.

Pre-built binaries

Download the latest release for your platform from Releases. Extract and place the binary somewhere on your PATH.

Updating

Homebrew

brew upgrade gitstream

Scoop

scoop update gitstream

Usage

# First run - creates config at ~/.config/gitstream/config.yaml
gitstream

# Add repos to watch
gitstream add owner/repo

# Start the feed
gitstream

Configuration

Config lives at ~/.config/gitstream/config.yaml:

repos:
  - owner/repo
  - org/another-repo
interval: 30  # polling interval in seconds

Requirements

• GitHub CLI (gh) installed and authenticated

Built With

• blit - TUI component toolkit
• Bubble Tea - TUI framework
• Lip Gloss - Styling
• GitHub REST API via gh CLI auth

License

MIT