Code Counter — Simple Lines & Complexity Tracker

Code Counter: Measure Productivity by Lines and Commits

What it is
Code Counter is a lightweight tool that analyzes a codebase to report lines of code and commit activity, combining those metrics to help estimate developer productivity and project momentum.

Key features

• Lines of code (LOC): Counts physical and/or logical lines across languages, with filters for file types and directories.
• Commit analysis: Aggregates commits per author, per file, and over time (daily/weekly/monthly).
• Combined metrics: Correlates LOC changes with commits to show productivity trends (e.g., LOC added per commit, churn rate).
• Filters & aggregation: Group by repository, branch, author, language, or time range.
• Export & integration: CSV/JSON exports and CI/CD or Git hook integration for automated reports.
• Visualizations: Time-series charts, heatmaps, and tables for quick insights.

Typical metrics reported

• Total LOC, LOC added, LOC removed
• Commits, commits per author, commits per file
• LOC per commit, average commit size, churn rate (added+removed)
• Active days, peak contribution periods, file-level hotspots

Use cases

• Monitoring team velocity and identifying bottlenecks.
• Assessing impact of refactors or feature work.
• Generating lightweight developer reports for retrospectives.
• Tracking language or file-type growth over time.

Limitations & cautions

• LOC and commit counts are crude proxies for productivity; they don’t measure design quality, bug fixes, or non-code work.
• Results can be skewed by bulk formatting changes, autogenerated files, or large merges—use filters to exclude these.
• Interpretation requires context (task complexity, code review time, pair programming).

Quick setup (typical)

1. Point Code Counter at a Git repository (local path or remote clone).
2. Configure include/exclude patterns and time range.
3. Run analysis to generate reports and optionally export or publish to a dashboard.

If you want, I can produce a sample report layout, example CLI commands, or a short README section for integrating Code Counter into CI.