VibeHub vs Git AI: line attribution vs session history
Last reviewed 2026-11-08
| Feature | VibeHub | Git AI |
|---|---|---|
| Main question it answers | Why does this commit exist? (the full session) | Which lines did AI write, and with which prompt? |
| Granularity | Commit and session | Line |
| Where data lives | VibeHub, linked to the git commit | Attribution in git notes; prompts saved outside git |
| Survives rebase / squash | Tied to the commit SHA you captured | Yes — rebase, squash, cherry-pick, stash, amend |
| Read the full transcript | Yes — web pages per session and vibe | Not its focus |
| AI-share metrics for teams | No | Yes — % AI by PR, team, and repo (Teams plan) |
| Public sharing & forks | Yes | No |
| License | Hosted service; plugins MIT | Open source, Apache-2.0 |
| Pricing | CLI free; 1 credit per transcript-captured commit | CLI free; Teams/Enterprise by demo |
What Git AI does
Git AI is a git extension that tracks AI-written code through every commit, merge, cherry-pick, stash, rebase, and squash. Agents report the lines they wrote by calling git-ai checkpoint, so it does not guess with heuristics. On commit, the attribution is written to git notes, which you can read with git log --show-notes=ai.
The result is AI blame: for any line, which agent and model wrote it and from which prompt. Its Teams product adds dashboards for the share of AI code by pull request, team, and repo, plus token spend and rework rate. It supports a long list of agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, and Gemini.
What VibeHub does differently
VibeHub is about the conversation, not the line. The Claude Code plugin streams every prompt, tool call, and assistant turn into a session, and that session is attached to the commit it produced. A reviewer can open the commit and read how the change was reasoned out, including the dead ends.
Sessions can also be published. A public vibe page shows the prompts and tool behind a build, and others can fork it. vb blame gives approximate per-line attribution by replaying stored diffs, but if precise, rebase-proof line attribution is what you need, Git AI does that job better.
Git AI joining OpenAI
In September 2026 Git AI announced that its founders were joining OpenAI’s Codex team, and its site now says Git AI is part of OpenAI. The announcement says they will keep investing in open source; it does not say what happens to the paid Teams product. The CLI is Apache-2.0, so it will remain usable either way.
Choose Git AI if…
- You need to know exactly which lines AI wrote, and keep that through rebases and squashes.
- You want team metrics on how much code is AI-written.
- You want everything in git notes, with no hosted service required.
Choose VibeHub if…
- You want reviewers to read the full agent conversation behind a commit.
- You want to publish AI-built work and let others fork it.
- You want one place to browse sessions across projects, not notes inside each repo.
Questions, answered.
- Does Git AI store the prompts?
- It records the prompt behind each line. Per its README, prompts and sessions are scanned, redacted, and saved outside of git, while the line attribution itself lives in git notes.
- Can I use Git AI and VibeHub together?
- They answer different questions, line attribution and session history, so they can complement each other. Both install agent hooks, so try them together on a scratch repo first; we have not tested the combination.
- Is Git AI still maintained after joining OpenAI?
- Its announcement says the team will keep investing in open source. Check the GitHub repo’s recent activity before you depend on it.
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