karan/joe
:running: A .gitignore magician in your command line observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
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: 4252
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 825
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2865 stars · 205 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
joe is a command-line tool that generates .gitignore files from GitHub's collection of gitignore templates. It supports multiple languages and IDEs per invocation, can append to existing or global ignore files, and also supports Mercurial's .hgignore.
Use cases
- generate a .gitignore file for a java project from the command line
- create a combined gitignore for multiple languages like java, node, and osx
- append IDE and OS entries like OSX and SublimeText to a global gitignore
- list all available gitignore templates
- update local gitignore template data
- generate .hgignore files for mercurial repositories
When to choose
- you want to quickly scaffold a .gitignore for a new project without browsing GitHub
- you need ignore files for multiple languages or IDEs in one command
- you want a simple single-binary tool with no dependencies
When to avoid
- you need gitignore templates beyond what GitHub's gitignore repository provides
- you prefer editor plugins or GUI tools for managing ignore files
- you need actively developed features - the project is in maintenance mode
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
cli developer-tools version-control file-system developer-tools version-control windows cli gitignore git mercurial go command-line macos linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/karan/joe · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1a5c61b32645
- homepage: http://karan.github.io/joe/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 02870a04f2c8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| karan/joe | main | 23 |
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