# Tig: text-mode interface for Git

## What is Tig?

Tig is an ncurses-based text-mode interface for git. It functions mainly as a Git repository browser, but can also assist in staging changes for commit at chunk level and act as a pager for output from various Git commands.

## Resources

- Homepage: https://jonas.github.io/tig/

- Manual: https://jonas.github.io/tig/doc/manual.html

- Tarballs: https://github.com/jonas/tig/releases

- Git URL: git://github.com/jonas/tig.git

- Gitter: https://gitter.im/jonas/tig

- Q&A: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tig

## Bugs and Feature Requests

Bugs and feature requests can be reported using the issue tracker or by mail to either the Git mailing list or directly to the maintainer. Ensure that the word "tig" is in the subject. For other Tig related questions please use Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tig.

## Installation and News

Information on how to build and install Tig are found in the installation instructions.

News about releases and latest features and bug fixes are found in the release notes.