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Gitingest

Gitingest turns any Git repository into a prompt-friendly text digest to help LLMs ingest and reason about codebases efficiently.

Overview

Gitingest converts Git repositories into LLM-friendly text digests, available as a CLI, Python package, browser extensions, and self-hostable server. It produces compact summaries, token counts, and structured outputs optimized for prompts.

Core Features

  • Generate text digests from repository URLs or local directories, including subdirectories and submodules.
  • Provide statistics (file tree, size, token estimates) and optimized formatting for LLM consumption.
  • Offer CLI, Python API, browser extensions, and optional server deployment for ingestion pipelines.

Use Cases

  • Preparing high-quality text slices for RAG pipelines, code search, or code Q&A assistants.
  • Automating codebase audits, migration summaries, and contextual prompt building for LLMs.

Technical Highlights

  • Python-first implementation with async interfaces, supports pip/pipx installation and Docker-based deployments.
  • Configurable output formats, token estimation, and sharding strategies for large repositories to reduce model costs.

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Gitingest
Resource Info
Author coderamp-labs
Added Date 2025-10-02
Open Source Since 2024-11-29
Tags
OSS Ingestion Dev Tools