# wt

5 Hacker News commenters recommended wt and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Simple, lightweight helper for managing Git worktrees, used daily by people running parallel coding agents.

## Why people recommend it

- Used daily in workflows (2 comments): "Now I find myself using it daily in my workflow, not having to worry about the extra worktree folders saves enough time to make it worthwhile" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765566)) "Various tools I dogfood and use on the daily now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48455918))
- Helpful for managing git worktrees (2 comments): "Now I find myself using it daily in my workflow, not having to worry about the extra worktree folders saves enough time to make it worthwhile" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765566)) "wt is a useful little tool for helping with git worktrees" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49414134))
- Small and simple to use (2 comments): "wt is a useful little tool for helping with git worktrees" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49414134)) "A 100-line shell function and that's it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49107548))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [workmux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/workmux.md): 10 recommend
- [Worktrunk](https://hackerapproved.com/p/worktrunk.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "wt", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wt/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).