simonwhitaker/gibo
Easy access to gitignore boilerplates observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
84/100
- Activity 80
- Release rhythm 81
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 13.0
- age_days: 5237
- days_rel: 124
- days_push: 124
- n_releases_24m: 9
Adoption not part of the score
2083 stars · 70 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
gibo is a command-line tool for quickly fetching and appending .gitignore boilerplate templates from github/gitignore. It is written in Go and supports shell tab completion and Mercurial .hgignore generation.
Use cases
- generate a gitignore file for a new project
- append Swift and Xcode ignore rules to .gitignore
- look up gitignore templates for a language
- create .hgignore files for Mercurial from gitignore templates
- scaffold ignore files across multiple platforms
When to choose
- you frequently start projects in varied languages and need standard ignore rules
- you want a fast, scriptable CLI instead of copy-pasting from GitHub
- you need ignore templates on macOS, Windows, or Linux via Homebrew, Scoop, or Go install
When to avoid
- you need custom or organization-specific ignore rules not in the github/gitignore collection
- you want a GUI or IDE-integrated gitignore generator
- you need automatic detection of project languages
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
cli developer-tools boilerplate version-control developer-tools version-control cli cross-platform windows gitignore git shell boilerplates tab-completion command-line macos linux docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo · fetched 2026-08-28 · b1ad5106eaef
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| simonwhitaker/gibo | main | 84 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="simonwhitaker/gibo")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem