# pomber/git-history

Quickly browse the history of a file from any git repository

Repository: https://github.com/pomber/git-history
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-history
Homepage: https://githistory.xyz/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: git, github, history, commit, blame, animation, text, log, cli, vscode, vscode-extension
Last push: 2024-10-10T10:15:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2767, "days_push": 692, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13690, forks 543 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:04.534217+00:00)

## What it is
A web tool that lets you quickly browse the commit history of any file in a GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repository by swapping the domain in the URL, with animated step-through of changes. It also ships as a CLI and VS Code extension for local repositories.

## Use cases
- view the history of a file on github
- see how a file changed over commits
- browse file history with an animated diff viewer
- view git file history for a local repo
- add a file history button to github in my browser
- step through a file's evolution commit by commit

## When to choose
- you want a zero-setup way to see a file's evolution on GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
- you prefer a visual, animated step-through of file changes over raw git log
- you want file history inside VS Code or from the CLI for local repos

## When to avoid
- you need full repository-wide history, branch graphs, or blame annotations
- you need offline access to history for remote repos without cloning
- you need deep git features like cherry-picking or rebasing - use a full git client

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: version-control, developer-tools, animation, cli
- domain: version-control, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: browser, cli, editor-plugin
- tags: git-history, file-history-viewer, github, gitlab, bitbucket, vscode-extension, browser-extension, blame, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- pomber/git-history (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.534217+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 2026-08-29T17:13:06.976037+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pomber/git-history (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.534217+00:00, sha 8a4553011f93)
  - homepage: https://githistory.xyz/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:53.419890+00:00, sha 97981d3c3da1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.