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GitPulse

See which repos have uncommitted work before standup, without cd-ing through all of them

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About GitPulse

GitPulse lives in your menu bar and monitors every Git repository across your watched folders. It auto-discovers repos up to 3 levels deep, color-codes them by urgency (green/yellow/red), and shows branch, modified/untracked counts, ahead/behind status, and stashes at a glance. Run quick git actions — pull, push, stash, pop, or commit — right from the dropdown. Pin repos, sort by urgency or activity, and generate one-click Markdown standup summaries for Slack or Discord.

Who it's for

Developers juggling multiple Git repositories who want status at a glance.

What it does

  • Auto-discovers Git repos up to 3 levels deep
  • Color-coded urgency: green, yellow, red
  • Quick actions: pull, push, stash, pop, commit
  • One-click Markdown standup summaries
  • Pin, sort, and search repos
  • Configurable scan interval (1–30 min)

Behind the build

The hardest part was making git status calls non-blocking.

Each repo runs in its own Swift Actor with TaskGroup for parallel scanning. The urgency color system (green/yellow/red) uses a scoring algorithm that weighs uncommitted changes, ahead/behind count, and stash depth.

Information

Runs on
macOS · Menu bar
Status
Source only
Price
Free
Requires
macOS 14+
Telemetry
None
Built with
Swift & SwiftUI
Stack
SwiftUIasync/awaitActorsObservation

Works well with

  • DevLaunch

    Launch projects from DevLaunch, monitor their repos in GitPulse

  • ClipShelf

    Copy commit hashes and branch names, then recall them without retyping

GitPulse is source only, for now.

The code is public, but there's no packaged release yet. Build it from the repository today, or leave an email and hear when there's one you can double-click.

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