Getting Started

Get up and running with GitBrain in minutes.

Install GitBrain

GitBrain ships as a standalone binary. Download the latest release for your platform:

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install gitbrain/tap/gitbrain

# Or download directly
curl -fsSL https://gitbrain.cc/install.sh | sh

Initialize a Brain

Create your first brain repository:

gitbrain init ~/brain
cd ~/brain
gitbrain status

Add Your First Note

gitbrain add "Today I learned about Next.js App Router"

Connect GitNotes

Download GitNotes and open it. It reads your ~/.gitbrain/config.yml automatically and shows all configured brain repos.

Team Setup

Want to set up GitBrain for your team? We help organizations deploy on their own infrastructure.