When a movie ends, everyone gets credit. The grip. The caterer. The second assistant editor who probably saved the entire third act in post.
When we ship software? git log and a Slack thank-you that scrolls into the void by Monday.
I wanted to fix that. So I built gitcredits — a CLI that takes your git history and rolls it like end credits.
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gitcredits
Git log doesn't do them justice. Turn your contributors into movie stars.
gitcredits
Git log doesn't do them justice. Turn your contributors into movie stars.
Install
Quick install (recommended)
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Higangssh/gitcredits/main/install.sh | sh
Supports macOS (Intel/Apple Silicon), Linux (x86_64/ARM64), and Windows (x86_64 via Git Bash).
Pre-built binaries
Download the latest release for your platform from GitHub Releases.
Go
go install github.com/Higangssh/gitcredits@latest
From source
git clone https://github.com/Higangssh/gitcredits.git cd gitcredits go build -o gitcredits .
Usage
cd your-repo gitcredits # or target another repository directly gitcredits /path/to/your-repo
That's it. Run gitcredits inside a Git repository, or pass a target repository path directly.
Themes
Matrix — digital rain with text resolve effect:
gitcredits --theme matrix
Spider-Man — glitch effects with radial web transitions:
gitcredits --theme spiderman
Export to GIF
Save the credits as a high-quality GIF — perfect for READMEs, presentations, or sharing.
gitcredits --output credits.gif gitcredits --output credits.gif --theme matrix gitcredits --output credits.gif --theme spiderman gitcredits /path/to/your-repo --output credits.gif
Requires VHS and…
What it does
Run it in any repo:
gitcredits
Your contributors scroll up the terminal, movie-style. Names, commit counts, the whole thing. It's the closing scene of your project — except your project is still running.
Why I made it
I've been shipping side projects and contributing to open source for a while now, and something kept bothering me: the people who help you build something almost never get a moment.
A teammate who debugged a nasty race condition at 2am. A stranger on GitHub who opened a PR fixing your typo. The reviewer who caught the security bug before it shipped. They get a commit hash. Maybe a line in CONTRIBUTORS.md if you remember.
Movies figured this out a hundred years ago. Everyone who touched the thing gets their name on screen, in big letters, while music plays. It costs nothing and it means everything.
So I gave that to git.
Try it (30 seconds)
go install github.com/Higangssh/gitcredits@latest
cd your-favorite-repo
gitcredits
That's it. Works on any git repo. No config, no setup.
Built with
- Go — single binary, no dependencies to fight
- Bubble Tea — the TUI framework that makes terminal animations actually pleasant to write
- lipgloss — for styling that doesn't look like 1995
The scroll animation was the fun part. Getting it to feel like credits and not like a list scrolling took more iterations than I want to admit. Easing curves matter, even in a terminal.
What's next
I'm thinking about:
- Custom themes (Star Wars crawl, anyone?)
- Music support (yes, really)
- Per-file credits — who actually wrote this function?
If any of that sounds fun, the repo is open. PRs welcome. You'll get your name in the credits.
Every contributor deserves a moment on screen. Even if the screen is a terminal.
⭐ github.com/Higangssh/gitcredits — star it if it made you smile.