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What is onefetch?

o2sh/onefetch — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-24

★ 11,782RustAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

In one sentence

Onefetch is a command-line tool that prints a summary of any local Git repository in your terminal, showing programming language breakdown and project statistics, all offline with no external services.

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    What It Does
      Git repo summary
      Language statistics
      Terminal display
    Data Sources
      Local repo files
      Git history
      No internet needed
    Output Options
      Terminal colored view
      JSON export
      YAML export
    Installation
      Homebrew on Mac
      winget on Windows
      APT on Ubuntu
    Audience
      Developers
      Open source explorers
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Get an instant language breakdown and project overview of any Git repo immediately after cloning it.

USE CASE 2

Add onefetch to shell startup scripts so entering a project directory automatically shows its stats.

USE CASE 3

Export repository statistics as JSON or YAML to feed into a project dashboard or automated reporting pipeline.

USE CASE 4

Explore an unfamiliar open-source codebase at a glance before spending time reading its documentation.

What is it built with?

Rust

How does it compare?

o2sh/onefetchimsnif/bandwhichorhun/git-cliff
Stars11,78211,73911,841
LanguageRustRustRust
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/52/52/5
Audiencedeveloperops devopsdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

So what is it?

Onefetch is a command-line tool that shows a summary of a Git repository directly in your terminal. Point it at any local repo and it prints information about the project alongside statistics about the code, such as which programming languages are used and other details it can gather from the Git history. The tool runs entirely offline. It does not call any external services or require an internet connection. Everything it shows comes from the repository files and Git data already on your machine. The README describes a focus on speed and the ability to customize what gets displayed. Installation is handled through standard package managers. On a Mac you can use brew, on Windows you can use winget, and on Linux there are options for Ubuntu, Arch, and openSUSE depending on which distribution you run. You can also download a binary directly from the releases page if none of those package managers fit your setup. Using it is straightforward: either navigate to a repository directory and type onefetch, or pass the path to the repository as an argument. The output can be adjusted through command-line flags that let you change text styling, skip certain information lines, exclude specific files or directories, or export the data as JSON or YAML instead of the default terminal view. Onefetch recognizes more than 100 programming languages. If a language is missing, the project accepts contributions. It is written in Rust and available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I just cloned a large monorepo. Show me the onefetch command to get a language breakdown and exclude the vendor and node_modules directories.
Prompt 2
How do I export onefetch output as JSON so I can pipe it into a shell script that updates a project README with live stats?
Prompt 3
Walk me through installing onefetch on Ubuntu using the package manager option, then running it on a local Python project.
Prompt 4
I want onefetch to run automatically when I cd into any Git repo. Show me the shell function to add to my .zshrc.
Prompt 5
Onefetch doesn't recognize the language in my project. How do I check if it's in the supported list and what file extension it expects?

Frequently asked questions

What is onefetch?

Onefetch is a command-line tool that prints a summary of any local Git repository in your terminal, showing programming language breakdown and project statistics, all offline with no external services.

What language is onefetch written in?

Mainly Rust. The stack also includes Rust.

How hard is onefetch to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is onefetch for?

Mainly developer.

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