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jesseduffield/lazygit

simple terminal UI for git commands

Go#cli#git#terminal

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In the browser ↗Open in GitHub CodespacesThe repo ships a dev container, so nothing to install.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

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Download for macOS

v0.66.2 · 10/16/2026 ↗

lazygit_0.66.2_darwin_arm64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Apple Silicon · 6.9 MB · 57,846 downloads · best match

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/download/v0.66.2/lazygit_0.66.2_darwin_arm64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "lazygit_0.66.2_darwin_arm64.tar.gz"

Other macOS downloads (1)

lazygit_0.66.2_darwin_x86_64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Intel · 7.5 MB · 1,342 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/download/v0.66.2/lazygit_0.66.2_darwin_x86_64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "lazygit_0.66.2_darwin_x86_64.tar.gz"

Install with a package manager

Homebrew

brew install lazygit

MacPorts

sudo port install lazygit

Nix

nix run nixpkgs#lazygit

Nix

nix run github:jesseduffield/lazygit

conda

conda install -c conda-forge lazygit

go install github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit@latest

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Go 1.26.0runtime

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Good to know

Dockerfile available (base image: golang:1.26).
Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.
Makefile has a make install target — it may automate most of these steps.
justfile found — run just --list to see available tasks.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.

Files we read (12)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.github/workflows/check-required-label.yml

.github/workflows/ci.yml

.github/workflows/close-issues.yml

.github/workflows/release.yml

.github/workflows/sponsors.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Dockerfile

Makefile

README.md

go.mod

justfile

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