CodeMeter 📊

A powerful and user-friendly CLI tool for analyzing code statistics. Count lines of code, files, and get detailed breakdowns by programming language.

Features ✨

• 📈 Detailed Statistics: Count lines of code and files by language
• 🎨 Beautiful Output: Colorized tables with percentages and formatting
• 🚀 Fast & Efficient: Optimized for large codebases
• 📊 Progress Indicators: Visual progress bar for long-running scans
• 🔍 Smart Filtering: Automatic support for .gitignore and .codemeterignore
• 📝 Multiple Formats: Output as table or JSON
• 💾 Export Results: Save output to files
• 🌈 Language Detection: Recognizes 50+ programming languages

Installation

npm install -g codemeter

Usage

Basic Usage

Analyze the current directory:

codemeter

Or specify a directory:

codemeter src

Skip Directories

Skip specific directories using the --skip-dir option:

codemeter . --skip-dir node_modules .git dist

Skip File Extensions

Skip files by their extension using the --skip-ext option:

codemeter . --skip-ext log txt md

You can combine with directory skipping:

codemeter . --skip-dir node_modules --skip-ext log txt

Show Progress

For large projects, use the progress bar:

codemeter . --progress

Output Formats

Table format (default):

codemeter . --format table

JSON format:

codemeter . --format json

Save to File

Save results to a file:

codemeter . --output report.txt
codemeter . --format json --output report.json

Ignore .gitignore

By default, CodeMeter respects .gitignore files. To disable this:

codemeter . --no-gitignore

Verbose Mode

Show detailed information about the analysis:

codemeter . --verbose

Options

Option	Short	Description
--skip-dir <dirs...>	-s	Directories to skip (space-separated)
--skip-ext <exts...>	-e	File extensions to skip (space-separated, e.g., --skip-ext log txt)
--progress	-p	Show progress bar while scanning
--format <format>	-f	Output format: table (default) or json
--output <file>	-o	Save output to a file
--no-gitignore		Don't use .gitignore and .codemeterignore files
--verbose		Show verbose output
--version	-v	Display version number
--help	-h	Display help information

Ignore Files

.gitignore Support

CodeMeter automatically respects .gitignore files in your project. Files and directories listed in .gitignore will be excluded from analysis.

.codemeterignore

Create a .codemeterignore file in your project root to specify additional files or patterns to exclude. This file uses the same syntax as .gitignore.

Example .codemeterignore:

# Exclude test files
**/*.test.js
**/*.spec.js

# Exclude generated files
**/generated/
**/*.min.js

# Exclude documentation
docs/
*.md

Output Examples

Table Output

┌─────────────────────────┬──────────┬───────────────┬────────┐
│ Language                │ Files    │ Lines         │ %      │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼────────┤
│ JavaScript (.js)        │ 45       │ 12,345        │ 45.2%  │
│ TypeScript (.ts)        │ 23       │ 8,901         │ 32.6%  │
│ CSS (.css)              │ 12       │ 2,456         │ 9.0%   │
│ HTML (.html)            │ 8        │ 1,234         │ 4.5%   │
│ JSON (.json)            │ 15       │ 2,345         │ 8.6%   │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼────────┤
│ TOTAL                   │ 103      │ 27,281        │ 100.0% │
└─────────────────────────┴──────────┴───────────────┴────────┘

JSON Output

{
  "languages": [
    {
      "extension": "js",
      "language": "JavaScript",
      "files": 45,
      "lines": 12345,
      "percentage": "45.23"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "totals": {
    "files": 103,
    "lines": 27281
  }
}

Supported Languages

CodeMeter recognizes 50+ programming languages including:

• JavaScript/TypeScript (JS, TS, JSX, TSX)
• Python, Java, C/C++, C#, Go, Rust
• PHP, Ruby, Swift, Kotlin
• HTML, CSS, SCSS, Sass, Less
• Shell scripts (Bash, Zsh, Fish)
• Configuration files (JSON, YAML, XML, TOML)
• And many more...

Examples

Analyze a React Project

codemeter . --skip-dir node_modules .next --progress

Generate JSON Report

codemeter . --format json --output code-stats.json

Analyze with Custom Ignores

codemeter . --skip-dir node_modules dist build --no-gitignore

Skip Specific File Types

codemeter . --skip-ext log txt md json

Quick Analysis

codemeter src --verbose

Tips 💡

1. Use progress bar for large projects: Add --progress when analyzing large codebases
2. Create .codemeterignore: Use it to exclude test files, generated code, or documentation
3. JSON format for automation: Use --format json for programmatic access to results
4. Combine options: Mix and match options for your specific needs

Requirements

• Node.js >= 16

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT

Author

Kritebh Lagan Bibhakar

• GitHub: @kritebh
• Homepage: https://github.com/kritebh/codemeter