JJ might be interesting to explore for ui

[maan2003]

See https://github.com/martinvonz/jj

it has much more powerful primitive, better defaults and still compatible with git.

[altsem]

Ty for the input!
I had a look around, but unsure of the implementation details of going there. Or benefits.
gitu is already pretty tightly integrated with git specifically. Not ruling it out for the future!