00OPEN SOURCE / BUILT FOR PARALLEL WORK

Riftri

LIGHTWEIGHT GIT WORKSPACES FOR PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT_

Real, isolated Git worktrees that share the unchanged parts of your project. Keep using normal files, normal Git, and the tools you already have.

Install on macOS or Linux (glibc)

curl -fsSL https://riftri.vercel.app/install.sh | bash

[ LIVE WORKTREE MAP ]

REPOSITORY / EXACT TREEa4d2c19

immutable baseone materialized Git tree / read only

auth/feature/auth

billing/feature/billing

tests/fix/worktree-tests

· shared block█ private edit

01STORAGE MODEL

How Riftri stores linked worktrees

Riftri changes how worktree files are created and stored. It does not replace Git, manage branches, or sit between your tools and the filesystem.

[ FROM TREE TO WORKSPACE ]

01Exact Git treea4d2c19
02Immutable basereuse or create
03Native copy-on-write view. APFS clone on macOS, Linux reflinks and mount-capable OverlayFS, and Windows ReFS block clones are current experimental backends.
04Linked worktreeclean + writable

GIT OWNS THE WORKTREE RIFTRI EXITS AFTER CREATION

Branches, commits, hooks, and status remain owned by Git.

Native copy-on-write backends share unchanged data; edits stay private.

Editors, builds, and agents read and write the native filesystem directly.

02QUICK START

Install the CLI, then run the support check from a Git repository. Riftri stops unless a supported native storage backend is available.

01
Install on macOS or Linux
Downloads the native CLI and verifies SHA-256. No Node.js required.
curl -fsSL https://riftri.vercel.app/install.sh | bash
02
Check support
Doctor is read-only and explains blockers before anything changes.
riftri doctor --destination ../app-auth
03
Create a worktree
Start with the explicit, debuggable interface.
riftri worktree add ../app-auth -b feature/auth main

Installs to ~/.local/bin. Follow the printed PATH command before step 02. Shell profiles and Git activation stay unchanged. Linux requires glibc.