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Building a Terminal-Based GitHub Control Panel in Rust: Meet git-pulse 🚀

git-pulse


🛠 What is git-pulse?

git-pulse is a fast TUI (Terminal User Interface) built using Ratatui and Crossterm. It serves as a unified terminal control panel for GitHub, allowing developers to discover trending repositories, monitor project stats, and navigate through repos without opening a browser tab.

Key Features:

  • Terminal-Native GitHub Dashboard: View trending repositories across various programming languages.
  • Live In-Memory Filtering: Press / to instantly search and filter repos by name, topic, or language.
  • Custom Color Themes: Toggle between clean visual themes (including Dracula and custom HEX palettes) with T.
  • Instant Repo Actions: Copy clone commands directly (c) or launch repositories in your browser (o).
  • Keyboard-First Navigation: Smoothly switch tabs (Tab) and jump between lists (j/k).

🚀 Quick Installation

You can easily install git-pulse via cargo:

cargo install git-pulse

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Or clone the repository and build from source:

git clone [https://github.com/weaztoven/git-pulse.git](https://github.com/weaztoven/git-pulse.git)
cd git-pulse
cargo build --release

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⚡ How to Use It

Once launched with git-pulse, you can control the entire dashboard using intuitive hotkeys:

Key Action
Tab Switch between Watchlist, Trending, and My Repos
/ Start live filtering
Esc Clear filter / exit search mode
T Change color theme
c Copy clone URL to clipboard
o Open current repository in browser
q Quit application

🤝 Open Source & Contributions

git-pulse is fully open-source and built with the Rust community in mind.

If you find this project helpful or have ideas for new features (like pull request management or issue tracking), feel free to leave a star ⭐️ on GitHub, open an issue, or submit a PR!


What tools do you use to manage your GitHub workflow from the terminal? Let me know in the comments below!

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