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holman/spark

▁▂▃▅▂▇ in your shell. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/holman/spark · homepage · Shell · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5405
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1579
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6066 stars · 287 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

spark is a tiny POSIX shell script that renders Unicode sparkline graphs (▁▂▃▅▇) from a list of numbers passed on the command line or via a pipe. It is designed to compose with other Unix tools like git, awk, and curl.

Use cases

  • visualize numbers as sparklines in the terminal
  • graph git commit counts per author in the shell
  • pipe csv data into a quick terminal chart
  • add a mini graph to a shell prompt
  • quickly eyeball trends in command output

When to choose

  • you want zero-dependency, single-file sparklines in any shell pipeline
  • you need tiny inline charts for prompts or scripts
  • you work in Unix pipelines and want quick visual summaries

When to avoid

  • you need axes, labels, or interactive charts
  • you want rich plotting libraries with multiple chart types
  • your terminal font lacks Unicode block characters

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

data-visualization cli developer-tools data-visualization developer-tools cli cross-platform sparklines shell-script terminal unix-pipes command-line macos linux

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
holman/sparkmain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="holman/spark")

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