Summary

GitStats CLI is a lightweight C++ tool that uses the GitHub GraphQL API to show user language distribution, user info, and repository info directly from the command line.

Installation

Arch Linux (AUR)

Using yay:

yay -S gitstats

Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint

Download the .deb package from the latest release and install it using apt (this automatically resolves required dependencies like libcurl):

wget https://github.com/andregarcia0412/gitstats-cli/releases/download/v1.1.0/gitstats_1.1.0_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./gitstats_1.1.0_amd64.deb

Stack

• C++17
• libcurl (HTTP)
• nlohmann/json (header-only)
• Makefile build

Table of Contents

• Summary
• Installation
• Stack
• Run Locally
• Build (Linux/macOS/Windows)
• Usage
• Documentation

Run Locally

Prerequisites

• C++17 compiler (g++)
• make
• libcurl development headers

Build and run

make
./bin/gitstats help

Optional install

make install
# After install
 gitstats help

Build (Linux/macOS/Windows)

The Makefile builds to bin/gitstats (or bin/gitstats.exe on Windows) and provides install/uninstall targets.

Linux/macOS

make
make install

• Output: bin/gitstats
• Install dir: ~/.local/bin

Windows (MSYS2/MinGW or similar)

make
make install

• Output: bin/gitstats.exe
• Install dir: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/Programs/gitstats

Clean build artifacts

make clean

Uninstall

make uninstall

Usage

gitstats <command> [options]

Commands

help                                Show this help message
config <option>                     Manage local config
user <option> <user>                GitHub user operations
repository <option> <owner> <repo>  GitHub repository operations
languages <user>                    Alias for: gitstats user --languages <user>

User options

--languages, --langs <user>         Show top languages for a GitHub user
--info <user>                       Show GitHub user info

Config options

--set-token <token>                 Set GitHub token in config file
--remove-token                      Remove token from config file
--list                              List config values

Repository options

--info <owner> <repo>               Show GitHub repository info

Examples

gitstats help
gitstats config --set-token ghp_xxxxx
gitstats config --list
gitstats config --remove-token
gitstats user --languages torvalds
gitstats user --info torvalds
gitstats repository --info torvalds linux
gitstats languages torvalds

Notes

• A GitHub token is required for GraphQL API calls.
• Config file location: ./.config/config.json.
• Forked repositories are ignored.
• "Jupyter Notebook" language is excluded.

Documentation

All documentation is available via the CLI help:

gitstats help

The help output includes the full command list, options, and examples.