GitLoupe — Local Git Explorer
See the shape of your Git history, understand every change, and act with
confidence—without leaving VS Code.
GitLoupe is a local-first visual Git workbench. It brings together an
interactive commit graph, file and repository history, authorship insights,
worktrees, stashes, guarded history editing, and an optional pull-request
Launchpad. Core features run through your locally installed Git executable—no
GitLoupe account, analytics, or background cloud synchronization is required.
Highlights
- Interactive Commit Graph with ref navigation, search, comparison, and
multi-commit selection
- Working-change workflow for staging, committing, stashing, patch copying,
and safe discard
- File, folder, and repository Visual History with author lanes and change
magnitude
- Inline blame, hover details, CodeLens, heatmap, and revision navigation
- Worktree management and guarded reword, reorder, squash, fixup, and drop
workflows; drag-to-reorder history edits create recovery branches
- Optional Launchpad for public GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket Cloud PRs/MRs
- GitHub PR multi-diff, safe checkout, and review actions
- Optional local Ollama assistance for commit messages and explanations
Start here
- Open a Git repository in VS Code.
- Select the GitLoupe icon in the Activity Bar.
- Choose Open Commit Graph from Home, or run
GitLoupe: Open Commit Graph from the Command Palette.
Privacy and safety
GitLoupe runs core Git actions through your locally installed git
executable. It does not perform analytics or background cloud synchronization.
Network features are optional and run only when you explicitly open or connect
a provider workflow. GitHub authentication is delegated to VS Code and is used
only for private GitHub repositories and review actions; public GitLab and
Bitbucket Cloud discovery is read-only. History-rewriting and destructive
actions require confirmation.
See the GitHub repository for full
documentation, configuration, security notes, and contributing guidance.
Support GitLoupe
If GitLoupe saves you time, please consider supporting ongoing development via
GitHub Sponsors.
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