# acaudwell/Gource

software version control visualization

Repository: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gource
Homepage: https://gource.io
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-03-06T05:51:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 41, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6200, "days_push": 180, "days_rel": 180, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13119, forks 790 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:02.216495+00:00)

## What it is
Gource is an OpenGL-based visualization tool that renders version control repository history as an animated tree, with directories as branches, files as leaves, and contributors appearing as they commit. It has built-in log support for Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, and SVN, and can parse logs from third-party tools for other systems.

## Use cases
- visualize git repository history as an animation
- create a video of how a codebase evolved over time
- show contributor activity in a project timeline
- render svn or mercurial repo history visually
- make an animated project history for a conference talk
- explore who worked on which files and when

## When to choose
- you want an engaging animated visualization of repository history
- your repo uses Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, or SVN
- you need a cross-platform desktop tool with OpenGL rendering

## When to avoid
- you need precise charts or metrics rather than an artistic animation
- you lack a 3D-accelerated GPU or OpenGL support
- you need headless/server-side rendering without a display

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: data-visualization, version-control, graphics
- domain: version-control, data-visualization, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: opengl, git-visualization, animated-tree, log-parsing, open-source, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- acaudwell/Gource (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:02.216495+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 2026-08-29T17:13:31.046483+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:02.216495+00:00, sha f0a6d2aa7e0d)
  - homepage: https://gource.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:08:53.985242+00:00, sha 70a949a7882d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.