Git Vista
A terminal tool for exploring Git repo history — commit analytics, file churn, and branch visualization without leaving the CLI.
Links: GitHub
Overview
Git Vista is a command-line tool for exploring Git repository history and surfacing useful statistics. It parses the commit graph directly and presents contributor activity, file churn, and branch structure in a readable terminal interface.
Features
- Commit analytics: Frequency, authorship breakdown, and activity over time
- File churn: Identify the most frequently modified files across the repo’s history
- Branch visualization: See divergence and merge patterns at a glance
- Fast and local: Reads directly from the
.gitdirectory—no network calls, no hosted service