repocard-cli

repocard-cli

Generate beautiful terminal cards for GitHub repositories.

Install

npm install -g repocard-cli

Usage

Full Card (default)

repocard facebook/react

╭──────────────────────────── ▇▇ repocard ────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                     │
│   facebook/react                                                    │
│                                                                     │
│   The library for web and native user interfaces.                   │
│                                                                     │
│   ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────          │
│                                                                     │
│   ★ 232k stars  ⑂ 47.5k forks  ◉ 232k watchers  ○ 980 issues      │
│                                                                     │
│   ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────          │
│                                                                     │
│     Language   ● JavaScript                                         │
│     License    MIT                                                  │
│     Size       413.5 MB                                             │
│     Branch     main                                                 │
│     Updated    Dec 15, 2024                                         │
│     Website    https://react.dev                                    │
│                                                                     │
│   ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────          │
│                                                                     │
│     Clone:                                                          │
│     git clone https://github.com/facebook/react.git                 │
│                                                                     │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Minimal Mode

repocard facebook/react --minimal

facebook/react - The library for web and native user interfaces.  ★ 232k  ⑂ 47.5k  ● JavaScript  [MIT]

JSON Output

repocard facebook/react --json

Compare Repos

repocard facebook/react --compare vuejs/vue

SVG Output

# Print SVG to stdout
repocard facebook/react --svg

# Save SVG to file
repocard facebook/react --svg-file card.svg

Options

Flag	Description
--json	Output raw GitHub API data as JSON
--minimal	Compact one-line output
--compare <owner/repo>	Side-by-side comparison with another repo
--svg	Output card as SVG markup
--svg-file <path>	Save card as SVG file

Authentication

To avoid GitHub API rate limits, set a token:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here

The tool also reads GH_TOKEN (used by GitHub CLI).

Language Colors

Supports color-coded language indicators for 30+ languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, Java, C++, Ruby, Swift, Kotlin, and more.

License

MIT