Install GIT quick statistics on Ubuntu 24.04

GIT quick statistics is an open-source command line tool designed to provide a quick and comprehensive overview of a Git repository's statistics. This tool provides various useful pieces of information about the repository's activity.

This tutorial explains how to install GIT quick statistics on Ubuntu 24.04.

Install GIT quick statistics

Download the git-quick-stats executable file from the GitHub repository and place it in the /usr/local/bin directory:

sudo wget -qO /usr/local/bin/git-quick-stats https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arzzen/git-quick-stats/master/git-quick-stats

Set execute permission for a file:

sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/git-quick-stats

Testing GIT quick statistics

Navigate to an existing Git repository, or for demonstration purposes, clone the following repository:

git clone https://github.com/arzzen/git-quick-stats

cd git-quick-stats

The git-quick-stats supports various options. To see a detailed list of Git statistics, use the -T option:

git-quick-stats -T

Uninstall GIT quick statistics

To remove GIT quick statistics, delete the associated file:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/git-quick-stats