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Git Analytics Without Leaving Your Terminal

#javascript #webdev #productivity #git

I used to open GitHub → Insights → Contributors → wait for load → squint at tiny graphs. Now I just type one command.

npx @wuchunjie/gitpulse
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What You Get 

  📊  GITPULSE

  📝  Total commits: 847
  👤  Contributors:  4
  📅  Active days:   89
  📂  Files touched:  320

  👥  Top Contributors
    Alice              ██████████████░░  487
    Bob                ██████████░░░░░░  312
    Charlie            ███░░░░░░░░░░░░░   38
    You                █░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   10

  📂  File Type Breakdown
    .js                 ██████████████░░  140
    .ts                 ██████████░░░░░░   97
    .css                ████░░░░░░░░░░░░   38
    .json               ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   22
    .md                 ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   18

  🔥  Recent Activity
    2026-05-11  ██████████████████████  12
    2026-05-12  ████████████░░░░░░░░░░░   6
    2026-05-13  ██████████████████░░░░░   9
    2026-05-14  ██████████████████████  11
    2026-05-15  ██████████████████████  13
    2026-05-16  ██████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░   5
    2026-05-17  ████████████████░░░░░░░   8
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All in your terminal. In under a second.

Why Terminal-First?

  1. No context switch — stay in the flow
  2. Scriptable — pipe into grep, awk, whatever
  3. Works anywhere — local, SSH, CI
  4. Zero deps — single Node.js file, nothing to install

Real Use Cases

Daily Standup Prep 

npx @wuchunjie/gitpulse | head -20
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Quick stats on what happened yesterday.

New Repo Assessment 

git clone https://github.com/some/project
cd project
npx @wuchunjie/gitpulse
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Is this repo actively maintained? Who's doing the work?

Sprint Retro 

npx @wuchunjie/gitpulse > retro-stats.txt
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Hard data for your retro board.

How It Works

Pure git log under the hood. No external APIs, no analytics tracking, no data leaving your machine.

# It basically runs:
git log --format="%an|%ad|%s" --date=short --all
git log --format="" --name-only --all
# Then parses, aggregates, and renders in your terminal
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Try It 

npx @wuchunjie/gitpulse
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