gitingest ☆

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

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.3.1@2 | Tracked Since: Dec 6, 2025

Links: Homepage | GitHub | Docs | formulae.brew.sh

Stars: 13,473 | Forks: 1,013 | Language: Python | Category: Developer tools

Tags: git llm developer-tools python automation ai

Install: brew install gitingest

About:
A command-line tool that processes a Git repository to create a structured, text-based summary optimized for consumption by Large Language Models (LLMs). It intelligently extracts and formats code, commits, and documentation, stripping unnecessary metadata to provide a clean, context-rich prompt. Its main value is streamlining the preparation of codebases for AI-assisted analysis, documentation, or learning.

Key Features:

Converts entire Git repos into LLM-friendly text files
Filters and structures code, commits, and documentation
Configurable output formats and content inclusion
Handles large repositories efficiently
Command-line interface for easy automation

Use Cases:

Preparing codebase context for AI pair programmers like GitHub Copilot
Creating training datasets or summaries for custom LLM fine-tuning
Archiving or documenting repository history in a readable format

Alternatives:

ripgrep – General code search; gitingest is specialized for structured LLM ingestion
tree-sitter – Parsing library; gitingest is an end-to-end tool for repo summarization

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 20, 2025 7:44pm	0.3.1	2	VERSION_BUMP	7b859db9
Dec 6, 2025 1:47am		2	VERSION_BUMP	f501ed37
Oct 17, 2025 3:52pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	dfcce5e9
Sep 12, 2025 6:46am		0	VERSION_BUMP	5f74f93c
Sep 10, 2025 4:17am		0	VERSION_BUMP	5ed81764