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Git-bug stores an offline, distributed issue tracker in Git

github.com 4 min read Editor score 6/10

Git-bug keeps issues in Git, synchronizes them through normal remotes, works offline and offers CLI, web and GraphQL interfaces. Its design is relevant to teams weighing portable, distributed workflows against hosted issue trackers.

What: git-bug embeds an offline-first distributed issue tracker in a Git repository, using Git remotes to collaborate.
How: Bugs can be managed through CLI, terminal, or web UI; the web UI communicates with its backend through GraphQL and bridges import or export other trackers.
Why it matters: Keeping issue data with repositories provides offline access and avoids dependence on a single hosted tracker.

The web UI communicates with the backend through the GraphQL API. Sketched from the article's own text.

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