tokei

# Analyze current directory
tokei

# Analyze specific directory
tokei /path/to/project

# Analyze multiple directories
tokei src tests docs

# Sort by code lines (default)
tokei --sort code

# Sort by file count
tokei --sort files

# Sort by total lines
tokei --sort lines

# Sort by comment lines
tokei --sort comments

# Sort by blank lines
tokei --sort blanks

# Show only specific languages
tokei -t Rust,TypeScript

# Exclude specific patterns
tokei -e "*.json" -e "*.md"

# Exclude specific directories
tokei --exclude node_modules --exclude target

# Include hidden files
tokei --hidden

# Show statistics for each file
tokei --files

# File details for specific language
tokei --files -t Rust

# Output in JSON format
tokei -o json

# Output in YAML format
tokei -o yaml

# Output in CBOR format (binary)
tokei -o cbor

# Save results to file
tokei -o json > stats.json

# Save multiple results for comparison
tokei -o json > stats_v1.json
# Later...
tokei -o json > stats_v2.json

# Create .tokeignore file (same format as .gitignore)
# Place in project root

# Exclude dependencies
node_modules/
vendor/
target/

# Exclude build artifacts
dist/
build/
*.min.js

# Exclude test data
__snapshots__/
fixtures/

# Define custom language in tokei.toml
# Place in project root

[[languages]]
name = "MyLang"
extensions = ["mlang"]
line_comment = ["//""]
multi_line_comments = [["/*", "*/"]]

# Add extensions to existing language
[languages.TypeScript]
extensions = ["tsx", "mts", "cts"]

# Get project overview
tokei --sort code

# Check test code ratio
tokei src tests --files | grep -E "test|spec"

# Check documentation (comment) coverage
tokei --sort comments

# Compare frontend and backend
tokei frontend/
tokei backend/

# Example: Code statistics in GitHub Actions
# .github/workflows/stats.yml

name: Code Statistics
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  stats:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Install tokei
        run: cargo install tokei
      - name: Generate stats
        run: |
          tokei -o json > stats.json
          echo "## Code Statistics" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "\`\`\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          tokei >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "\`\`\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

# Script to record statistics periodically
#!/bin/bash
DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
tokei -o json > "stats_$DATE.json"

# Extract specific info from JSON (using jq)
tokei -o json | jq '.Rust.code'
tokei -o json | jq '[.[].code] | add'