gem-huntergk is GitKraken on the command line. The core functionality is focused on "Work Items" which can be thought of as the feature or issue you are trying to tackle. This allows you to work with multiple repos at once and get the same UX as if you were in a monorepo. We also provide robust AI-powered commit messages and Pull Request generation. It also provides an MCP server that streamlines working with git and your Issue and git hosting providers.
GitKraken CLI is available on macOS, Windows, and Unix systems.
The GitKraken MCP server is a local MCP server that is powerful and easy to use. It wraps git, GitHub, Jira MCP actions as well as provides tools to LLMs that work with GitKraken APIs and functionality. You can find specific installation instructions based on your chosen AI application in the Help Center.
If you want to read more about the MCP server, you can check out the introduction blog post
gk help is going to be your best source for exploring the CLI. But also see the workflows below.
Welcome to GitKraken CLI, a premium CLI experience for managing multiple repositories with familiar GIT CLI commands Usage: gk [flags] gk [command] AUTHENTICATING auth Authenticate with the GitKraken platform provider Add or remove provider tokens CORE COMMANDS graph Display commit graph in current repository issue Manage your issues organization Manage your Gitkraken organizations work Interact with your work. workspace Interact with your workspaces. Alias: 'ws' Additional Commands: help Help about any command setup Display information about your current system configuration version Print the version number of GK CLI Flags: -h, --help help for gk Use "gk [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Start with a single repo. You can add more later.
In general, your process will look like this:
# Authenticate gk auth login # Navigate to a git repo directory on your filesystem cd ./path/to/repo # Then create a Work Item and the current directory # will be automatically added to the Work Item gk work create "My new work item" # Edit files... # ... # Commit your changes using AI gk work commit --ai # Push your changes gk work push # Create a Pull Request gk work pr create --ai
Once you have familiarized yourself with using a single repo, try out creating work items and generating commits and PRs for multiple repos at a time by just adding multiple repos to a new Work Item.
# Add a repo to the current work item gk work add ./path/to/repo # path could be as simple as "." if you are in the directory already
You can also use gk to pass through any git command. eg:
gk status
gk remote -v
# etcgk is available from Homebrew with the following command:
Homebrew:
brew install gitkraken-cli
Or download it from the releases page and add it to your binaries folder:
mv ~/Downloads/gk /usr/local/bin/gkgk is available as a downloadable binary from the releases page. Once you have it, add it to your binaries folder:
mv ~/Downloads/gk /usr/local/bin/gkOr create a new directory, move the binary and add it to $PATH:
mkdir "$HOME/cli" mv ~/Downloads/gk "$HOME/cli" export PATH="$HOME/gk:$PATH"
You can also [download][releases page] your corresponding package (.deb, .rpm) and install it with:
sudo apt install ./gk.deb
or
sudo rpm -i ./gk.rpm
gk is available from [Winget][winget] with the following command:
winget install gitkraken.cli
The GitKraken CLI supports Nerd Fonts to display icons for some commands. To ensure correct icon rendering, please obtain and install a Nerd Font available at https://www.nerdfonts.com/. After installation, set the selected Nerd Font as the default font for your terminal.
This problem is due to the browser. Currently we know that Safari and Brave do not allow to respond to localhost through port 1314. To fix this, change your default browser or copy the URL before the redirect and open it in another browser.
Oh-My-Zsh has gitk aliased as gk and that can create some problems. To fix this, type in your terminal:
unalias gk
If you install the CLI manually from the releases page on macOS, you will likely run into a security error that looks like this:
To fix this, go to Settings > Security & Privacy > General and click "Allow Anyway".
Try running gk setup again and then click "Open Anyway" to continue.
