Git Worktree Manager

A minimal desktop app built with Fyne for managing git worktrees.

Repository: github.com/jigarthacker24/git-worktree-manager

Features

• Open a cloned repository by path (with recent repos)
• List worktrees: directory, branch, path
• Pin up to 3 worktrees per repository
• Copy branch name or worktree path
• Open a worktree in VS Code, Cursor, or Claude Code (icons disabled when not installed)
• Create worktrees from an existing branch (searchable) or a new branch
• Remove worktrees (with confirmation and optional force)

Requirements

Run from source

• Go 1.22+
• git in your PATH
• C compiler (for Fyne; Xcode CLI tools on macOS)

Run packaged app

• git in your PATH
• Optional IDEs (install any you want to use; unavailable IDEs show as disabled icons):
  • VS Code: code in PATH or /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app (macOS)
  • Cursor: cursor in PATH or /Applications/Cursor.app (macOS)
  • Claude Code: claude CLI and/or claude-cli:// URL handler (installed by the native installer). The Claude desktop chat app alone does not include Code on the free plan (Pro/Max required for desktop Code).

Install

macOS (build from source via Fyne)

go install fyne.io/tools/cmd/fyne@latest
fyne install github.com/jigarthacker24/git-worktree-manager@latest

Linux (pre-built binary — recommended)

fyne install builds from source on Linux and can fail on Ubuntu with a _FORTIFY_SOURCE CGO error. Use the pre-built release instead:

VERSION=v1.0.0
ARCH=amd64   # use arm64 on Apple Silicon Linux / aarch64 machines

curl -LO "https://github.com/jigarthacker24/git-worktree-manager/releases/download/${VERSION}/git-worktree-manager-${VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.tar.xz"
sudo tar -xJf "git-worktree-manager-${VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.tar.xz" -C /

Then launch Git Worktree Manager from your app menu, or run:

git-worktree-manager

See Releases for all versions and architectures.

Run from source

git clone https://github.com/jigarthacker24/git-worktree-manager.git
cd git-worktree-manager
go run .

Build binary (local)

go build -o git-worktree-manager .

Package for distribution

This project uses Fyne packaging and optional fyne-cross for cross-platform builds.

Install packaging tools

make install-tools
# or
go install fyne.io/tools/cmd/fyne@latest
go install github.com/fyne-io/fyne-cross@latest

Package for your current OS

make package-local
# or
./scripts/package.sh local

Output goes to dist/.

Cross-package (Linux, Windows, macOS)

Requires Docker for fyne-cross.

# All platforms
make package-all

# Or one platform at a time
make package-linux
make package-windows
make package-darwin

# Or via script
./scripts/package.sh all
./scripts/package.sh linux

Deliverables by platform

Platform	Typical output
macOS	git-worktree-manager.app (.app bundle)
Windows	git-worktree-manager.exe
Linux	git-worktree-manager binary + .tar.xz archive

Artifacts are collected under dist/ (and fyne-cross/dist/ during cross builds).

Release tags (CI)

Push a version tag to build packages via GitHub Actions:

git tag v1.0.0
git push origin v1.0.0

The workflow in .github/workflows/release.yml uploads Linux .tar.xz packages to the GitHub release.

Linux install troubleshooting (source builds)

If you build from source with fyne install or go run ., you may need:

sudo apt install gcc libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libxcursor-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxi-dev libxxf86vm-dev
CGO_CFLAGS="-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE" fyne install github.com/jigarthacker24/git-worktree-manager@latest

List on apps.fyne.io

After the repo is public and fyne install github.com/jigarthacker24/git-worktree-manager@latest works, submit the app at developer.fyne.io/submit.

App metadata

Packaging metadata lives in FyneApp.toml (name, ID, version, icon).

Project layout

main.go                 # Fyne UI
FyneApp.toml            # Package metadata
Icon.png                # App icon
internal/gitops/        # git worktree commands
internal/ide/           # Open in Cursor
internal/ui/            # Icons, hints, window maximize
scripts/package.sh      # Packaging helper
Makefile                # build / package targets