# littlebee/git-time-machine

Atom package that allows you to travel back in commit history

Repository: https://github.com/littlebee/git-time-machine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-time-machine
Language: CoffeeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-08-01T02:38:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3974, "days_push": 1859, "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 1109, forks 37 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.277140+00:00)

## What it is
An Atom editor package that renders a visual timeplot of commits for the current file, letting users click or hover to inspect and compare historical versions. It shells out to the git command line to gather commit history.

## Use cases
- visualize commit history of a file over time
- jump to an older version of a file in the editor
- compare two historical versions of a file side by side
- browse commits within a time range for a file
- find when a change was introduced in a file

## When to choose
- you still use the Atom editor and want a visual git history for files
- you need a graphical timeplot to navigate a file's commit history

## When to avoid
- you use VS Code, JetBrains, or any editor other than Atom (Atom was sunset in 2022)
- you need a maintained tool with active support
- you want git history features without a git CLI in your PATH

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: version-control, developer-tools, data-visualization
- domain: version-control, developer-tools, data-visualization
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: atom-editor, git-history, timeplot, coffeescript, deprecated-editor, desktop

## Member repositories
- littlebee/git-time-machine (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.277140+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 2026-08-30T06:43:36.112601+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/littlebee/git-time-machine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.277140+00:00, sha 85d57e0eaeb0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.