Inspect and analyze codebases using pygount for LOC counting, language breakdown, and code-vs-comment ratios. Use when asked to check lines of code, repo size, language composition, or codebase stats.
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Analyze repositories for lines of code, language breakdown, file counts, and code-vs-comment ratios using
pygountpip install --break-system-packages pygount 2>/dev/null || pip install pygount
Get a full language breakdown with file counts, code lines, and comment lines:
cd /path/to/repo pygount --format=summary \ --folders-to-skip=".git,node_modules,venv,.venv,__pycache__,.cache,dist,build,.next,.tox,.eggs,*.egg-info" \ .
IMPORTANT: Always use
--folders-to-skipAdjust based on the project type:
# Python projects --folders-to-skip=".git,venv,.venv,__pycache__,.cache,dist,build,.tox,.eggs,.mypy_cache" # JavaScript/TypeScript projects --folders-to-skip=".git,node_modules,dist,build,.next,.cache,.turbo,coverage" # General catch-all --folders-to-skip=".git,node_modules,venv,.venv,__pycache__,.cache,dist,build,.next,.tox,vendor,third_party"
# Only count Python files pygount --suffix=py --format=summary . # Only count Python and YAML pygount --suffix=py,yaml,yml --format=summary .
# Default format shows per-file breakdown pygount --folders-to-skip=".git,node_modules,venv" . # Sort by code lines (pipe through sort) pygount --folders-to-skip=".git,node_modules,venv" . | sort -t$'\t' -k1 -nr | head -20
# Summary table (default recommendation) pygount --format=summary . # JSON output for programmatic use pygount --format=json . # Pipe-friendly: Language, file count, code, docs, empty, string pygount --format=summary . 2>/dev/null
The summary table columns:
Special pseudo-languages:
__empty____binary____generated____duplicate____unknown__--folders-to-skipwc -l--suffixMIT
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