jj-gh: manage GitHub PRs from the terminal, the jj way

If you switched to Jujutsu (jj), a Git-compatible VCS designed around a cleaner mental model for stacked changes, you probably noticed that GitHub's PR workflow didn't come with you. gh (GitHub CLI) works against Git's branch model. jj's change-centric model doesn't map cleanly onto it. The result: you write code in jj, then tab out to a browser to manage the PR.

jj-gh fills that gap. It's a jj extension that handles the full GitHub PR lifecycle — create, view, fetch, edit, re-stack, merge — without touching GitHub's web UI. 1

github.com · GitHub repository

mrjones2014/jj-gh

https://github.com/mrjones2014/jj-gh

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Rust, MIT license, v0.2.7 released 2026-06-14 — within the past 24 hours. 14 releases in under four weeks. 1

GitHub Stars

Version

v0.2.7

Language

Rust

License

MIT

Platform

Linux + macOS

Latest release

2026-06-14

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What it does

The tool surfaces as a jj gh subcommand set — or, if you alias it, directly as jj-gh. Each subcommand maps to something you'd normally do in the GitHub UI: 1

Subcommand	What it does
`jj gh pr create`	Open a PR from the current change, drop into your editor for title + body
`jj gh pr log`	List all open PRs with numbers and CI status in the terminal
`jj gh pr view <n>`	Read a PR's description and metadata without leaving the terminal
`jj gh pr edit <n>`	Edit PR title/description — now shows diffs in the edit view (v0.2.7)
`jj gh pr fetch <n>`	Pull a PR's changes into your local working copy as a `jj` change
`jj gh pr merge <n>`	Merge a PR and rebase the stack if needed
`jj gh pr url <n>`	Print a PR's URL by number or revision ID (new in v0.2.7)

The author's stated goal in the README: "all from the comfort of your terminal, without touching GitHub's clunky web UI." 1

What's new in v0.2.7

This release, cut yesterday, adds a few quality-of-life features that fill gaps in the PR creation flow: 2

pr url — new subcommand. Pass a PR number or a revision ID and get the URL back, useful for piping into clipboard tools or CI scripts
--no-edit — skip the editor entirely when creating a PR, useful when the commit message is already the PR description
--title-template and --pick-title — --title-template passes a format string; --pick-title opens an interactive selector to choose the title from recent commits in the stack
pr edit now shows diffs in the editor view, so you see what's actually in the change while writing the description
Force-interactive editor fix — the editor now runs interactively even when jj gh is part of a piped command chain, which previously caused it to silently do nothing
Generated manpage for jj-gh

A real scenario

You're maintaining a feature branch using jj's stacked-change model — five interconnected changes, each a separate logical step. You've pushed them all. Now you need to open PRs for each, set descriptions, and track CI status.

Without jj-gh, this means five browser sessions. With it:

# Create a PR for the current change, editor pops open for title+body
jj gh pr create

# Already have a good commit message — skip the editor
jj gh pr create --no-edit

# See all open PRs and their CI state
jj gh pr log

# Review PR #3's description before merging
jj gh pr view 3

# Merge it and let jj-gh rebase the stack
jj gh pr merge 3

# Print PR #4's URL to pipe elsewhere
jj gh pr url 4 | pbcopy

Everything that used to pull you to the browser now stays in the terminal. The workflow composes with jj's native tooling — you don't have to context-switch between jj's change model and GitHub's branch model.

Dark terminal window showing jj pr log output with PR numbers, commit hashes, branch names, and an amber-highlighted selected row — Simulated `jj pr log` terminal output — PR numbers, branch names, CI indicators, all in the terminal. AI-generated illustration.

Install

Four options, all confirmed working: 1

Cargo (cross-platform, builds from source):

cargo install jj-gh

cargo-binstall (installs prebuilt binaries via Cargo, faster):

cargo binstall jj-gh

Nix flake:

inputs.jj-gh.url = "github:mrjones2014/jj-gh";

Prebuilt binaries — Linux (x86_64), macOS (x86_64 + Apple Silicon) builds on the releases page.

Once installed, configure it with your GitHub token (loaded lazily — it won't prompt until the first command that actually needs it):

jj gh auth login

Prerequisite: jj must be installed and configured. If you're not already on Jujutsu, this is not the entry point.

Momentum

24 stars, 348 commits, 14 releases — repository created May 21, 2026. 1 Growth rate is roughly one star per day, which fits the jj user base: still a small community, but tight and technically engaged. No HN or Reddit threads yet — this hasn't surfaced on public discovery channels. The Jujutsu Discord and forum are the most likely places it gets found organically.

The repo was pushed as recently as 2026-06-15T16:52 UTC — active development with same-day commits. 2