Understand how work actually unfolds before outcomes degrade
GitGlow turns fragmented commit history into system-level clarity: contribution patterns, activity rhythms, and execution trends that help you see how work unfolds across repositories and time — all computed locally on your machine.
Where fragmented git history becomes system-level clarity
As projects scale and teams grow, raw commit logs become noise. GitGlow cuts through the fragmentation to reveal execution patterns, activity rhythms, and systemic trends across repositories and time.
What Git Analytics Actually Means
Understanding patterns in Git history without changing how you work
Git records every change, but it doesn't explain them. As projects grow, raw commit logs make it hard to understandhow work unfolds over time, where effort goes, and when patterns shift.
Git analytics turns Git history into something readable — helping developers and teams understand activity, trends, and change without adding process or manual reporting.
Why raw Git logs aren't enough
Git logs are precise, but they're also fragmented. They tell you what changed, who committed, and when it happened. They don't tell you:
- ▸How work accumulates over time
- ▸Whether activity is steady or spiky
- ▸What kind of work dominates a period
- ▸When patterns change across repositories
As history grows, understanding the bigger picture becomes harder — not easier.
What Git analytics actually means
Git analytics is not about counting commits.
It's about understanding patterns in Git history, such as:
Good Git analytics surfaces these dimensions without changing how you work.
Questions Git analytics helps answer
These questions don't live in commit messages — they emerge from patterns.
Clarity from history, not guesswork
Git already contains the story of how work happens. Git analytics makes that story readable — without changing how you work.
Decision support for execution clarity
These capabilities surface patterns and shifts that help you understand how work unfolds across repositories and time.
Local-first analytics
Your git history stays on your machine — surface patterns without external dashboards or indexing.
Interactive contribution heatmap
Surface streaks and intensity patterns, then drill into periods that need attention.
Activity timeline
Follow execution as a story — commits and changes that reveal how work unfolds over time.
Commit insights (Plus)
Work type patterns, rhythm analysis, complexity trends, and execution highlights.
Compare repos & periods
Spot pattern differences across projects or time ranges to understand momentum shifts.
Built for large repos
Progressive loading so you can start recognizing patterns while data streams in.
Available now for your favorite platform
Local-first insights, beautifully visualized. Choose your platform and start understanding how work unfolds in your repos.
Free to use • No signup required • Runs locally
Interactive Heatmaps
Visualize contribution patterns with beautiful, responsive heatmaps that reveal your coding rhythm at a glance.
Lightning Fast
Built for performance with progressive loading, so you can start exploring immediately even with large repositories.
Privacy First
All analytics happen locally on your machine. Your code and commit history never leave your device.
Who is GitGlow for?
GitGlow is built for leaders and teams who want to understand execution patterns through git analytics without setting up heavy dashboards or sending data to external services.
Engineering managers
Understand execution at the system level across teams and repositories.
Team leads
See where effort goes without micromanaging individual contributors.
OSS maintainers
Assess long-term project health and contribution patterns.
Solo developers
Individual systems without external visibility, understanding personal work patterns.
Privacy-conscious teams
Keep git analytics local on your machines, with no code or history sent to external servers.
Pricing
Start free. Unlock Plus when you’re ready.
- Multi-repo dashboardsPlus
- Commit Insights Panel & analyticsPlus
- Exports (CSV/PNG)Plus
- Side-by-side repo comparisonsPlus
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about GitGlow's privacy, compatibility, and pricing.
GitGlow reads your git history directly from your local repositories and computes analytics on your device. Your code and commit history stay on your machine and are not sent to external servers.
GitGlow is a cross-platform desktop app and supports macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Yes. GitGlow works with any git repository on your machine, whether it is cloned from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or a self-hosted remote.
GitGlow has a free plan for single-repo analytics. GitGlow Plus adds multi-repo dashboards, the Commit Insights Panel, exports, and deeper analytics when you need more.
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