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grut

A terminal file explorer with full Git and GitHub integration, AI chat, and reactive panels that stay in sync as you navigate.

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described on its official website and in its GitHub repository: Git integration, syntax highlighting, code generation and explanation, keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A terminal file explorer with deep Git integration.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Preview Preview files with syntax highlighting as you navigate.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Diff review Dedicated code review mode with syntax-highlighted diffs.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Settings Configure themes, keybindings, and preferences through an in-app settings overlay.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of grut is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 9 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub jongio/grut (MIT)

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