Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in Git, with bridges
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git-bug






git-bug is a bug tracker that:

is fully embedded in git: you only need your git repository to have a bug tracker
is distributed: use your normal git remote to collaborate, push and pull your bugs!
works offline: in a plane or under the sea? Keep reading and writing bugs!
prevents vendor lock-in: your usual service is down or went bad? You already have a full backup.
is fast: listing bugs or opening them is a matter of milliseconds
doesn't pollute your project: no files are added in your project
integrates with your tooling: use the UI you like (CLI, terminal, web) or integrate with your existing tools through the CLI or the GraphQL API
bridges to other bug trackers: use bridges to import and export to other trackers.

Help needed!
This project has grown bigger than I can handle by myself, especially with a day job. I'm looking for people to help on or maintain part of it:

each bridges (go)
the terminal UI (go)
the web UI (Typescript/React/GraphQL)

Individually, those pieces are not especially complex but doing everything make it hard for me to focus on the core where things get more complicated. If this is useful for you or you just want to join the fun, maybe consider it?
Installation
Pre-compiled binaries

Go to the release page and download the appropriate binary for your system.
Copy the binary anywhere in your $PATH
Rename the binary to git-bug (or git-bug.exe on windows)

That's all !

Windows packages

Scoop




Linux packages

Archlinux (AUR)
NixOS


macOS packages

Homebrew




FreeBSD package/port
Install via the package manager

Or from the ports collection
cd /usr/ports/devel/git-bug && make install clean


Compile from git (unstable)
git clone https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug.git
cd git-bug
make install
If it's not done already, add the golang binary directory in your PATH:
export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOROOT)/bin:$(go env GOPATH)/bin

Workflows
There are multiple ways to use git-bug:
Native workflow

    

This is the pure git-bug experience. In a similar fashion as with code, use git bug push and git bug pull to push and pull your bugs between git remotes and collaborate with your teammate.

Bridge workflow

    

As git-bug has bridges with other bug-trackers, you can use it as your personal local remote interface. Sync with git bug bridge pull and git bug bridge push, work from your terminal, integrate into your editor, it's up to you. And it works offline !

Web UI workflow (WIP)

    

Often, projects needs to have their bug-tracker public and accept editions from anyone facing a problem. To support this workflow, git-bug aims to have the web UI accept external OAuth authentication and act as a public portal. However the web UI is not up to speed for that yet. Contribution are very much welcome!

CLI usage
Create a new identity:

Create a new bug:

Your favorite editor will open to write a title and a message.
You can push your new entry to a remote:

And pull for updates:

List existing bugs:

Filter and sort bugs using a query:
git bug ls "status:open sort:edit"

Search for bugs by text content:

You can now use commands like show, comment, open or close to display and modify bugs. For more details about each command, you can run git bug <command> --help or read the command's documentation.
Interactive terminal UI
An interactive terminal UI is available using the command git bug termui to browse and edit bugs.

Web UI
You can launch a rich Web UI with git bug webui.

  


  

This web UI is entirely packed inside the same go binary and serve static content through a localhost http server.
The web UI interact with the backend through a GraphQL API. The schema is available here.
Bridges
✅: working  🟠: partial implementation  ❌: not working
Importer implementations




Github
Gitlab
Jira
Launchpad




incremental(can import more than once)
✅
✅
✅
❌


with resume(download only new data)
✅
✅
✅
❌


identities
🟠
🟠
🟠
🟠


bugs
✅
✅
✅
🟠


board
❌
❌
❌
❌


media/files
❌
❌
❌
❌


automated test suite
✅
✅
❌
❌



Exporter implementations




Github
Gitlab
Jira
Launchpad




identities
🟠
🟠
🟠
🟠


bug
✅
✅
✅
❌


board
❌
❌
❌
❌


automated test suite
✅
✅
❌
❌



Bridge usage
Interactively configure a new github bridge:

Or manually:
git bug bridge new \
    --name=<bridge> \
    --target=github \
    --url=https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug \
    --login=<login> \
    --token=<token>
Import bugs:
git bug bridge pull [<name>]
Export modifications:
git bug bridge push [<name>]
Deleting a bridge:
git bug bridge rm [<name>]
Internals
Interested in how it works ? Have a look at the data model and the internal bird-view.
Or maybe you want to make your own distributed data-structure in git ?
See also all the docs.
Misc

Bash, Zsh, fish, powershell completion
ManPages

Planned features
The feature matrix gives a good overview of what is planned, without being exhaustive.
Additional planned feature:

webUI that can be used as a public portal to accept user's input
inflatable raptor

Contribute
PRs accepted. Drop by the Gitter lobby or the Matrix room for a chat, look at the feature matrix or browse the issues to see what is worked on or discussed.
git clone git@github.com:git-bug/git-bug.git
You can now run make to build the project, or make install to install the binary in $GOPATH/bin/.
To work on the web UI, have a look at the dedicated Readme.
Some tests for the CLI use golden files, if the output of CLI commands is
changed, run the following command, then inspect the changed files in
commands/testdata/... to make sure the output text is as expected:
go test ./commands -update
Contributors ❤️
This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.

Backers
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License
Unless otherwise stated, this project is released under the GPLv3 or later license © Michael Muré.
The git-bug logo by Viktor Teplov is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license © Viktor Teplov.
