# simonwhitaker/gibo

Easy access to gitignore boilerplates

Repository: https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gibo
Language: Go
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: gitignore, gitignore-files, gitignore-generator, gitignore-templates, git, shell, shell-script
Last push: 2026-05-01T20:34:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 80, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5237, "days_push": 124, "days_rel": 124, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2083, forks 70 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:11.768169+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools, boilerplate, version-control
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: gitignore, git, shell, boilerplates, tab-completion, command-line, macos, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- simonwhitaker/gibo (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:11.768169+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:55:54.119649+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/simonwhitaker/gibo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:11.768169+00:00, sha b1ad5106eaef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.