I built a terminal-style ASCII GitHub stats generator

I recently built a small project that turns GitHub stats into terminal-style ASCII art.

If you like retro vibes, terminals, or ASCII aesthetics, this might be for you.

seuthootDev / github-readme-insight-terminal-ascii

A tool to generate terminal-style ASCII SVGs from your GitHub profile contribution data

GitHub README Insight Terminal ASCII

A tool to generate terminal-style ASCII SVGs from your GitHub profile contribution data.
Like github-readme-stats, you can embed it in your README or GitHub profile with a single URL.

• Themes: macOS Terminal / Windows PowerShell / Ubuntu GNOME styles
• CLI: Run locally to print to terminal and save SVG
• API: Returns SVG via GET /svg?user=USER&theme=... (default grass) or GET /svg/:type?user=USER&theme=...
• Tooltip: Hover each cell to see date and contribution count

theme=mac — macOS Terminal (zsh)

theme=window — Windows PowerShell

theme=ubuntu — Ubuntu GNOME Terminal

Stats previews (mac / window / ubuntu)

Top-language previews (mac / window / ubuntu)

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Introduction

• Enter a GitHub username to fetch the last year's contribution data and render a contribution grid.
• Renders a terminal-style SVG directly in Node.js, including hover tooltips with date and contribution count.
• Each theme has a distinct terminal window style (title…

View on GitHub

You can just drop it into your README like this:

![GitHub stats](https://github-readme-insight-terminal-asci.vercel.app/svg?user=YOUR_ID&theme=mac)

There are already great tools like github-readme-stats,
but I wanted something a bit more retro

If you’re into this kind of style or have ideas, feel free to open an issue or PR