A fast command-line tool to analyze Git repository statistics, showing commit counts, additions, and deletions per author, with chart generation capabilities.
Gitstat analyzes the current Git repository and provides a summary of:
- Total number of commits
- Total lines added and deleted
- Per-author statistics with percentages of contribution
- All statistics for the current branch
- Chart generation for visual representation of data
Example output:
Author | Commits | Additions | Deletions
TOTAL | 448 | 96797 | 50573
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User1 | 325 (73%) | 36977 (38%) | 20860 (41%)
User2 | 95 (21%) | 38791 (40%) | 21082 (42%)
User3 | 19 ( 4%) | 8025 ( 8%) | 4447 ( 9%)
mvn clean packageRequires Java 21 or GraalVM 21 for native builds. Native builds are the recommended and faster way.
mvn -Pnative clean packageAfter building, copy the native executable to your PATH:
sudo cp target/gitstat /usr/local/bin/Or for user-local installation:
mkdir -p ~/bin
cp target/gitstat ~/bin/
# Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc if not already present:
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"Navigate to any Git repository and run:
gitstatThe tool will analyze the current branch and display statistics for all contributors.
- Java 21 or later
- Maven
- GraalVM 21 or later (for native builds)
- Fast parallel processing of Git history
- Accurate line counting (excluding merge commits)
- Memory-efficient processing of large repositories
- Native executable support for optimal performance
- Chart generation for visual representation of data
Native builds offer significantly better performance compared to JVM builds, especially for large repositories. The tool uses parallel processing to analyze commits, making it efficient even for repositories with extensive history.