Epiq is a vim-inspired, event-sourced terminal issue tracker that stores issues in Git with no SaaS dependency.
Key Takeaways
Issues live in the repo as an append-only event log, replayed deterministically, enabling full historical inspection.
Sync uses isolated Git worktrees and state branches; user-scoped logs avoid merge conflicts by converging in memory.
Keyboard navigation follows hjkl conventions; commands include :new, :filter, and :sync for board control.
An MCP server is included, making Epiq addressable by AI agents without additional integration work.
Install is a single npm install --global epiq; no account or external service required.
Hacker News Comment Review
Commenters note distributed Git issue trackers had a surge a decade ago and consistently hit hard design tradeoffs; it is unclear Epiq fully resolves the known failure modes from that era.
Positive sentiment centers on personal task management and reducing context-switching away from the browser, not team-scale collaboration.
Notable Comments
@Izkata: references a prior breakdown of recurring design problems in this category and flags Epiq appears intentionally scoped to dev-only users.
