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A tool to visualize code ownership over time, from the git history

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Git-ownership – A tool to visualize code ownership over time from Git

by michaelmure·Mar 18, 2026·4 points·0 comments
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Self-contained HTML output showing surviving lines per author across entire git history.

Strengths
  • •Zero external dependencies with Chart.js embedded in single HTML file
  • •Parallel git log workers for performance on large repositories
  • •Includes real examples from Linux kernel, Kubernetes, Home Assistant
Weaknesses
  • •Code ownership analytics already exist in CodeScene and gitinspector
  • •Git-only, no support for other version control systems
Target Audience

Engineering managers, team leads, open source maintainers

Similar To

CodeScene · gitinspector · git-blame visualizers

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