Gitingest

Turn any Git repository into a prompt-friendly text ingest for LLMs.

You can also replace hub with ingest in any GitHub URL to access the corresponding digest.

gitingest.com · Chrome Extension · Firefox Add-on

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🚀 Features

• Easy code context: Get a text digest from a Git repository URL or a directory
• Smart Formatting: Optimized output format for LLM prompts
• Statistics about:
  • File and directory structure
  • Size of the extract
  • Token count
• CLI tool: Run it as a shell command
• Python package: Import it in your code

📚 Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• For private repositories: A GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT). Generate your token here!

📦 Installation

Gitingest is available on PyPI. You can install it using pip:

pip install gitingest

or

pip install gitingest[server]

to include server dependencies for self-hosting.

However, it might be a good idea to use pipx to install it. You can install pipx using your preferred package manager.

brew install pipx
apt install pipx
scoop install pipx
...

If you are using pipx for the first time, run:

pipx ensurepath

# install gitingest
pipx install gitingest

🧩 Browser Extension Usage

The extension is open source at lcandy2/gitingest-extension.

Issues and feature requests are welcome to the repo.

💡 Command line usage

The gitingest command line tool allows you to analyze codebases and create a text dump of their contents.

# Basic usage (writes to digest.txt by default)
gitingest /path/to/directory

# From URL
gitingest https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest

# or from specific subdirectory
gitingest https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest/tree/main/src/gitingest/utils

For private repositories, use the --token/-t option.

# Get your token from https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens
gitingest https://github.com/username/private-repo --token github_pat_...

# Or set it as an environment variable
export GITHUB_TOKEN=github_pat_...
gitingest https://github.com/username/private-repo

# Include repository submodules
gitingest https://github.com/username/repo-with-submodules --include-submodules

By default, files listed in .gitignore are skipped. Use --include-gitignored if you need those files in the digest.

By default, the digest is written to a text file (digest.txt) in your current working directory. You can customize the output in two ways:

• Use --output/-o <filename> to write to a specific file.
• Use --output/-o - to output directly to STDOUT (useful for piping to other tools).

See more options and usage details with:

gitingest --help

🐍 Python package usage

# Synchronous usage
from gitingest import ingest

summary, tree, content = ingest("path/to/directory")

# or from URL
summary, tree, content = ingest("https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest")

# or from a specific subdirectory
summary, tree, content = ingest("https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest/tree/main/src/gitingest/utils")

For private repositories, you can pass a token:

# Using token parameter
summary, tree, content = ingest("https://github.com/username/private-repo", token="github_pat_...")

# Or set it as an environment variable
import os
os.environ["GITHUB_TOKEN"] = "github_pat_..."
summary, tree, content = ingest("https://github.com/username/private-repo")

# Include repository submodules
summary, tree, content = ingest("https://github.com/username/repo-with-submodules", include_submodules=True)

By default, this won't write a file but can be enabled with the output argument.

# Asynchronous usage
from gitingest import ingest_async
import asyncio

result = asyncio.run(ingest_async("path/to/directory"))

Jupyter notebook usage

from gitingest import ingest_async

# Use await directly in Jupyter
summary, tree, content = await ingest_async("path/to/directory")

This is because Jupyter notebooks are asynchronous by default.

🐳 Self-host

1. Build the image:

   docker build -t gitingest .

2. Run the container:

   docker run -d --name gitingest -p 8000:8000 gitingest

The application will be available at http://localhost:8000.

If you are hosting it on a domain, you can specify the allowed hostnames via env variable ALLOWED_HOSTS.

# Default: "gitingest.com, *.gitingest.com, localhost, 127.0.0.1".
ALLOWED_HOSTS="example.com, localhost, 127.0.0.1"

Environment Variables

The application can be configured using the following environment variables:

• ALLOWED_HOSTS: Comma-separated list of allowed hostnames (default: "gitingest.com, *.gitingest.com, localhost, 127.0.0.1")
• GITINGEST_METRICS_ENABLED: Enable Prometheus metrics server (set to any value to enable)
• GITINGEST_METRICS_HOST: Host for the metrics server (default: "127.0.0.1")
• GITINGEST_METRICS_PORT: Port for the metrics server (default: "9090")
• GITINGEST_SENTRY_ENABLED: Enable Sentry error tracking (set to any value to enable)
• GITINGEST_SENTRY_DSN: Sentry DSN (required if Sentry is enabled)
• GITINGEST_SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE: Sampling rate for performance data (default: "1.0", range: 0.0-1.0)
• GITINGEST_SENTRY_PROFILE_SESSION_SAMPLE_RATE: Sampling rate for profile sessions (default: "1.0", range: 0.0-1.0)
• GITINGEST_SENTRY_PROFILE_LIFECYCLE: Profile lifecycle mode (default: "trace")
• GITINGEST_SENTRY_SEND_DEFAULT_PII: Send default personally identifiable information (default: "true")

🤝 Contributing

Non-technical ways to contribute

• Create an Issue: If you find a bug or have an idea for a new feature, please create an issue on GitHub. This will help us track and prioritize your request.
• Spread the Word: If you like Gitingest, please share it with your friends, colleagues, and on social media. This will help us grow the community and make Gitingest even better.
• Use Gitingest: The best feedback comes from real-world usage! If you encounter any issues or have ideas for improvement, please let us know by creating an issue on GitHub or by reaching out to us on Discord.

Technical ways to contribute

Gitingest aims to be friendly for first time contributors, with a simple Python and HTML codebase. If you need any help while working with the code, reach out to us on Discord. For detailed instructions on how to make a pull request, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

🛠️ Stack

• Tailwind CSS - Frontend
• FastAPI - Backend framework
• Jinja2 - HTML templating
• tiktoken - Token estimation
• posthog - Amazing analytics
• Sentry - Error tracking and performance monitoring

Looking for a JavaScript/FileSystemNode package?

Check out the NPM alternative 📦 Repomix: https://github.com/yamadashy/repomix

🚀 Project Growth