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HEAD native Git client in Rust

Review first.Then launch.

A native Git client built in Rust, for Windows, macOS and Linux. An open-source alternative to Fork and GitKraken: review changes, manage branches, work with remotes and add your own features.

Download RocketView on GitHub

In development · Windows · macOS · Linux · MIT or Apache-2.0

Rocket showing a diff of a Rust file, with staged and unstaged files on the left and word-level highlights. Rocket showing a diff of a Rust file, with staged and unstaged files on the left and word-level highlights.
Real desktop app · demo repository
demo

See it in 30 seconds.

Real screens from a demo repository, with a scripted AI reply. The pointer and captions are added. No sound.
review

See what will happen before it happens.

Operations that change a repository open a review first. It shows what will happen, and nothing is written until you confirm.

Reviews recheck

Supported previews pin the selected commits, paths and settings. A change from outside Rocket can invalidate one before it runs.

Recovery data

Supported destructive file operations keep recovery copies. History rewrites keep the original tips in recovery references.

Honest cancellation

Stop doesn't undo finished work. Rocket refreshes or checks the result, and says when it's unsure.

Secret checks

Local checks can block recognized credentials in commits and pushes. Pattern detection has limits.

extensions

Add your own features.

Extensions are sandboxed Lua packages with their own native panels, forms and tables, plus commands in the palette, the Repository menu and right-click menus.

Write your own extension
  • Install a package from a file after a review of its code and permissions
  • An extension can't run Git or shell commands, read your files or see your tokens
  • Build with the extension API, an offline Lua playground and developer tools that validate Lua
  • Jira and PlayGround ship with Rocket and start off
The Lua playground: a short script on the left, and on the right the release checklist panel it draws, with a table, a progress bar and a button. The Lua playground: a short script on the left, and on the right the release checklist panel it draws, with a table, a progress bar and a button.
The review shown before an extension is turned on, listing its permissions, its commands and what it can never do. The review shown before an extension is turned on, listing its permissions, its commands and what it can never do.
changes

Stage exactly what you mean to commit.

Stage whole files, or pick hunks and lines in supported text changes. Read unified or side-by-side diffs with syntax highlighting, word highlights, search and an overview strip for long files.

  • Drag selections between Staged and Unstaged
  • Compare images with overlays, a swipe view and pixel differences
  • Open commit details, file history and blame in their own windows
A side-by-side diff with syntax and word highlights, and a checkbox on each changed line for staging it alone. A side-by-side diff with syntax and word highlights, and a checkbox on each changed line for staging it alone.
history

Read the graph. Plan the rewrite.

Browse the commit graph across branches, search beyond the loaded commits and follow file renames. Plan interactive rebases with reorder, reword, edit, squash, fixup and drop.

  • Merge or rebase with a preview
  • Cherry-pick a series or revert selected commits
  • Continue, Skip or Abort recovery on supported operations
The Commits page with a branch graph across five branches, merges, and branch and remote labels. The Commits page with a branch graph across five branches, merges, and branch and remote labels.
An interactive rebase plan: five commits marked Pick, Fixup or Drop. An interactive rebase plan: five commits marked Pick, Fixup or Drop.
conflicts

Resolve conflicts and keep a way back.

Resolve supported text conflicts in a three-column editor with linked scrolling and conflict navigation. Saving and staging keep recovery backups and check for edits made outside Rocket.

Ask Claude Code, Codex or a connected MCP agent for a proposal, read the explanation and the result, then apply it to the editor draft. Each applied conflict keeps its own Undo.

AI tools are optional and run only when you ask, under that program's own account. Rocket stores no AI API key. Repository content you send can leave your computer, so each tool shows or explains it first. The proposal pictured here is a scripted example.

The three-column conflict editor with Ours, Result and Theirs, and two conflicts numbered and linked across the columns. The three-column conflict editor with Ours, Result and Theirs, and two conflicts numbered and linked across the columns.
An AI proposal for two conflicts, each with a short explanation and a confidence label. An AI proposal for two conflicts, each with a short explanation and a confidence label.
origin/main

Fetch, pull and push with the details in view.

Choose fast-forward only, merge or rebase when pulling. Review normal and force-with-lease pushes, and publish several branches atomically when the server supports all-or-nothing updates.

See every SSH key in one list, unlock one in ssh-agent, or make one repository use only one key. Existing keys and SSH config stay in place.

  • GitHub
  • GitHub Enterprise Server
  • GitLab
  • Gitea
  • Bitbucket Cloud
  • Bitbucket Server/Data Center
  • Azure DevOps Services
  • Azure DevOps Server

Browse pull requests and supported issue lists, prepare reviewed PR or MR creation, and inspect details, available checks and reviews.

What each host can do differs. Live acceptance for hosts other than github.com is still unverified. Hosting details

themes

Make the window yours.

Clay, the default, is warm charcoal with a coral accent, or ivory with terracotta. It follows your system, or stays dark or light. Ocean is Rocket's original navy. Dark, Light and System are there too, or Custom with your own accent colour and a picture behind the window.

The Commits page in the default Clay theme, dark: warm charcoal with a coral accent.
Clay dark
The Commits page in the default Clay theme, light: ivory with a terracotta accent.
Clay light
The Commits page in Ocean, Rocket's original navy theme.
Ocean
The Commits page in the Dark graphite theme.
Dark
The Commits page in the Light theme.
Light
The Commits page in a Custom theme with a pink accent and the Astronaut picture behind the window.
Custom
more

And the rest of your Git day.

Stashes

Save and inspect them, or apply selected files, hunks or lines.

Worktrees

Manage linked worktrees alongside your main checkout.

Submodules

Reviewed add, move, remove, sync and update, nested ones included.

Git LFS

Inspect files and objects, manage tracking rules and locks.

Tags

Inspect, publish and safely delete remote tags.

Recovery

Inspect reflogs, find lost commits and recover them onto new branches.

Bisect

Find the commit that introduced a problem, by hand or automated.

Terminal

PowerShell, Git Bash or Command Prompt on Windows, zsh on macOS, your login shell on Linux, or your own.

Command palette

Ctrl+K finds commands, branches and views.

Repository manager

Saved repositories in folders, nested workspaces and tabs.

Command line

rocket-cli calls the same backend, with structured JSON output.

Your tools

External editor, diff and merge profiles, custom commands and your own shortcuts.

root

Get Rocket.

Download the 0.92.1 portable packages for Windows, Linux and Apple Silicon macOS. Check the platform requirements and preview limits before installing.

Choose your download
# Windows: needs Rust (MSVC), C++ build tools and Git 2.46+
git clone https://github.com/JasXTD/Rocket.git
cd Rocket
.\tools\Build-Local.ps1
.\target\release\rocket.exe

Documentation

Beginner wikiFirst commit, everyday work, remotes and recovery. User guideDesktop workflows and recovery. CLI referenceCommands, JSON output and cancellation. HostingAccounts, providers and verification limits. ExtensionsInstall, enable and update extensions. Extension APIWrite your own extension package. SecuritySafeguards and known boundaries. ChangelogVersion history.
Licensed under either Apache-2.0 or MIT, at your option.Third-party notices list bundled components.