Pkg
Stats

npm package discovery and stats viewer.

Discover Tips

General search
[free text search, go nuts!]
Package details
pkg:[package-name]
User packages
@[username]

Sponsor

I’ve always been into building performant and accessible sites, but lately I’ve been taking it extremely seriously. So much so that I’ve been building a tool to help me optimize and monitor the sites that I build to make sure that I’m making an attempt to offer the best experience to those who visit them. If you’re into performant, accessible and SEO friendly sites, you might like it too! You can check it out at Optimize Toolset.

About

Hi, 👋, I’m Ryan Hefner and I built this site for me, and you! The goal of this site was to provide an easy way for me to check the stats on my npm packages, both for prioritizing issues and updates, and to give me a little kick in the pants to keep up on stuff.

As I was building it, I realized that I was actually using the tool to build the tool, and figured I might as well put this out there and hopefully others will find it to be a fast and useful way to search and browse npm packages as I have.

If you’re interested in other things I’m working on, follow me on Twitter or check out the open source projects I’ve been publishing on GitHub.

I am also working on a Twitter bot for this site to tweet the most popular, newest, random packages from npm. Please follow that account now and it will start sending out packages soon–ish.

Twitter
@PkgStats
GitHub
pkgstats
Twitter
@ryanhefner
GitHub
ryanhefner
Site
ryanhefner.com

Open Software & Tools

This site wouldn’t be possible without the immense generosity and tireless efforts from the people who make contributions to the world and share their work via open source initiatives. Thank you 🙏

Framework
react / react-dom
Server
next / express / next-routes
Data Store
redux / react-redux / next-redux-wrapper / redux-thunk / redux-logger
Caching
lru-cache
CSS / Styling
next-page-transitions / styled-components
Typeface
@ibm/plex
Avatars
gravatar
Data Viz
chart.js / react-sparklines
Date formatting
dayjs
Infinite scrolling
react-scroll-trigger
Markdown rendering
react-markdown
Repository url parsing
hosted-git-info
User data
npm-user
Compiling
babel-plugin-module-resolver / babel-plugin-styled-components
Types
prop-types
Odds & Ends
es6-promise / isomorphic-fetch

© 2026 – Pkg Stats / Ryan Hefner

gen-git

v1.1.3

Published

8 months ago

A CLI tool for generating .gitignore files

0High
0Medium
0Low

abhinab_choudhury

cli gitignore developer-tools

gen-git

gen-git is a CLI tool that allows developers to generate .gitignore files for different programming languages and frameworks with ease. It integrates with Toptal's GitIgnore API to fetch optimized .gitignore files and provides an interactive experience for users.

Features

Interactive CLI for selecting languages
Supports multiple OS environments
Fetches .gitignore templates from Toptal GitIgnore API
Option to overwrite existing .gitignore files

Installation

You can install gen-git globally using npm:

npm install -g gen-git

Alternatively, use npx to run without installation:

npx gen-git

Usage

To generate a .gitignore file for a specific language:

gen-git

Follow the prompts to select a language and generate the .gitignore file.

If a .gitignore file already exists, you will be prompted to overwrite or cancel the operation.

Example

? Choose Language: (Use arrow keys)
> Node.js
  Python
  Java
  Go
Fetching gitignore for Node.js......
The file has been saved!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Acknowledgments

Toptal GitIgnore API for providing .gitignore templates.
The open-source community for inspiration and contributions.