Speedy Git — Fast Git Graph & History UI for VS Code and Cursor

A performance-first Git graph, Git history viewer, and history-editing tool built for developers who want speed, clarity, and real Git workflow power — without the bloat.

Speedy Git renders large repositories instantly with virtual scrolling and batch prefetch, so you can browse thousands of commits, review diffs, and run Git operations — all from one clean panel inside VS Code or Cursor.

If you've been looking for a fast git graph, a lightweight git history viewer, or a practical rebase and cherry-pick UI that doesn't slow you down — Speedy Git is built for exactly that.

Why Speedy Git?

Features

Recent New UI and features

We have a new UI, with a new control bar and toggle panel for Filter, Search, and Compare. The commit list is now a table-style view with resizable columns, column reordering, and column visibility controls.

Advanced Filter

In additonal to branch filter, we have a new advanced filter panel with

• Authors filter
• Date range filter

Table View Commit List

We have a new table-style commit list view with resizable columns, column reordering, and column visibility controls.

Upcoming features in v3

• Compare branches, commits, HEAD, etc.

Git Graph & Commit History

• Fast, interactive commit graph with color-coded branch lanes and virtual scrolling for repositories of any size.
• Table-style commit list view with resizable columns, column reordering, and column visibility controls — customize which commit metadata (graph, hash, message, author, date) is shown and how wide each column appears. Double-click a column boundary to auto-fit width.
• Commit details panel (bottom or right, resizable) with file change list, per-file addition/deletion counts, and inline diff viewer. Automatically switches to side-by-side layout when the bottom panel is wide enough.
• List and tree view toggle for file changes — tree view groups by directory with automatic folder compaction.
• Hover tooltip on commit nodes showing branches, tags, stashes, worktree status, and clickable GitHub PR/issue links.
• Inline code styling for backtick-delimited text in commit messages (e.g., functionName renders with code background).
• Client-side search and filter by commit message, hash, or author name with match counter and auto-scroll navigation.
• Branch filter dropdown with multi-select support, real-time text search, and keyboard-first selection — view commits from multiple branches at once.

Branch, Tag & Stash Operations

• Create, rename, delete, and checkout branches (local and remote tracking).
• Merge with strategy controls: fast-forward, no-ff, no-commit, and squash merge options.
• Tag creation (lightweight and annotated), deletion, and push to remote.
• Stash entries displayed inline in the graph with apply, pop, and drop actions.
• Smart checkout: detects conflicts, offers stash-and-checkout, handles remote tracking branches automatically.

History Editing — Rebase, Cherry-Pick, Revert & More

• Interactive rebase: drag-and-drop commit reordering with pick, squash, fixup, reword, and drop actions.
• Cherry-pick: single or multi-commit selection with -x and --no-commit options.
• Revert: undo any commit (including merge commits with parent selection) without rewriting history.
• Reset: soft, mixed, or hard reset to any commit.
• Drop commit: remove non-merge commits from the current branch with conflict handling.
• Full conflict detection and resolution flow for rebase, cherry-pick, merge, and revert — with continue/abort actions.

Live Git Command Preview

Every major dialog (merge, cherry-pick, rebase, reset, push, tag, delete, drop) shows a live preview of the exact git command that will run — updating in real time as you toggle options. One-click copy to clipboard for terminal use.

Multi-Repo & Submodule Support

• In-panel repo switcher for multi-root workspaces — switch repositories without closing the panel.
• Submodule status display with parent-to-submodule navigation and "Back to parent" breadcrumb.
• Initialize and update submodules from context menu.

Remote Operations

• Push dialog with upstream config, force-push modes (--force-with-lease, --force), and multi-remote support.
• Fetch, pull, and remote management (add, remove, edit remotes) without leaving the extension.
• Git operations automatically notify VS Code's Source Control panel to refresh, keeping it in sync immediately.

Personalization

• Customizable graph line colors via settings (default Material Design palette, applies instantly).
• Relative or absolute date format toggle.
• GitHub and Gravatar avatars with automatic fallback to generated initials.
• Toggle remote branch labels and tag visibility.
• Commit details panel remembers its position, view mode, and size across sessions.

Trust & Verification

• On-demand GPG and SSH commit signature verification with clear status indicators (Verified, Invalid, Unverified).

Quick Start

1. Install Speedy Git from VS Code Marketplace or Open VSX.
2. Open any Git repository in VS Code or Cursor.
3. Launch Speedy Git from the Source Control panel icon, the status bar button, or press Ctrl+Shift+G (Cmd+Shift+G on Mac).

Open Speedy Git from the Source Control panel:

Open Speedy Git from the status bar:

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85+ or Cursor IDE
• Git available in PATH

Keyboard Shortcuts

All shortcuts are customizable in VS Code's Keyboard Shortcuts editor.

How Speedy Git Compares

Issues, feature requests & Feedback

• Issues and feature requests: GitHub Issues
• Source code: github.com/onlineeric/speedy-git-ext
• License: MIT