Linguist256

Linguist256 is designed to produce a similar output to GitHub Linguist within a terminal window, provided the terminal has xterm 256 (8bit) color support.

Install

git clone https://github.com/stillwwater/linguist256
cd linguist256
python3 setup.py sdist --format=tar   # build
pip install dist/linguist256-0.2.tar  # install

Usage

First, define a languages.yml file for your projects root directory (example), or use the complete languages.yml from Linguist.

python3 -m linguist256 .

Multiple paths:

python3 -m linguist256 'first/path,second/path'

Only search languages of specific types:

-t | --types

python3 -m linguist256 . --types 'programming,markup'

Change graph width (columns):

-w | --width

python3 -m linguist256 . --width 90

View more available options and help doc:

-h | --help

python3 -m linguist256 --help

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Note: Linguist256 is mostly just a proof of concept and it's not as accurate as GitHub Linguist. For this reason it is best to use your own languages.yml to avoid misclassified files.