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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Language Breakdown
# Displays a colored percentage bar showing programming language breakdown
# in the current directory, similar to GitHub/GitLab's linguist feature.
#
# Author: n0tori
# Date: January 08, 2026
# License: GPLv3
#
# Usage: ./langbreak [--json|--yaml]
# Color constants (ANSI 256-color codes)
readonly COLOR_RESET='\033[0m'
declare -A LANGUAGE_COLORS
declare -A LANGUAGE_BYTES
declare -A LANGUAGE_FILES
declare -A EXTENSION_MAP
#######################################
# Initialize language-to-color mapping (GitHub linguist colors)
# Globals:
# LANGUAGE_COLORS
# Arguments:
# None
#######################################
initialize_color_map() {
# Map language names to ANSI 256-color codes
LANGUAGE_COLORS["JavaScript"]="226"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Python"]="33"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["TypeScript"]="69"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Shell"]="34"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Go"]="80"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Java"]="208"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Ruby"]="160"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["C"]="244"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["C++"]="205"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Rust"]="166"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["PHP"]="62"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["HTML"]="196"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["CSS"]="92"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["C#"]="28"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Kotlin"]="167"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Scala"]="196"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Swift"]="214"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Objective-C"]="69"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Perl"]="27"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Lua"]="27"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["R"]="27"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Haskell"]="99"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Elixir"]="93"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Erlang"]="160"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Clojure"]="28"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["YAML"]="250"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["JSON"]="227"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["TOML"]="172"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["XML"]="172"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["SQL"]="250"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["PowerShell"]="27"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Vim Script"]="28"
LANGUAGE_COLORS["Markdown"]="248"
}
#######################################
# Initialize file extension to language mapping
# Globals:
# EXTENSION_MAP
# Arguments:
# None
#######################################
initialize_extension_map() {
# Map file extensions to language names
EXTENSION_MAP["js"]="JavaScript"
EXTENSION_MAP["jsx"]="JavaScript"
EXTENSION_MAP["mjs"]="JavaScript"
EXTENSION_MAP["py"]="Python"
EXTENSION_MAP["ts"]="TypeScript"
EXTENSION_MAP["tsx"]="TypeScript"
EXTENSION_MAP["sh"]="Shell"
EXTENSION_MAP["bash"]="Shell"
EXTENSION_MAP["go"]="Go"
EXTENSION_MAP["java"]="Java"
EXTENSION_MAP["rb"]="Ruby"
EXTENSION_MAP["c"]="C"
EXTENSION_MAP["h"]="C"
EXTENSION_MAP["cpp"]="C++"
EXTENSION_MAP["hpp"]="C++"
EXTENSION_MAP["cc"]="C++"
EXTENSION_MAP["cxx"]="C++"
EXTENSION_MAP["rs"]="Rust"
EXTENSION_MAP["php"]="PHP"
EXTENSION_MAP["html"]="HTML"
EXTENSION_MAP["htm"]="HTML"
EXTENSION_MAP["css"]="CSS"
EXTENSION_MAP["cs"]="C#"
EXTENSION_MAP["kt"]="Kotlin"
EXTENSION_MAP["kts"]="Kotlin"
EXTENSION_MAP["scala"]="Scala"
EXTENSION_MAP["swift"]="Swift"
EXTENSION_MAP["m"]="Objective-C"
EXTENSION_MAP["mm"]="Objective-C"
EXTENSION_MAP["pl"]="Perl"
EXTENSION_MAP["pm"]="Perl"
EXTENSION_MAP["lua"]="Lua"
EXTENSION_MAP["r"]="R"
EXTENSION_MAP["R"]="R"
EXTENSION_MAP["hs"]="Haskell"
EXTENSION_MAP["ex"]="Elixir"
EXTENSION_MAP["exs"]="Elixir"
EXTENSION_MAP["erl"]="Erlang"
EXTENSION_MAP["hrl"]="Erlang"
EXTENSION_MAP["clj"]="Clojure"
EXTENSION_MAP["cljs"]="Clojure"
EXTENSION_MAP["yml"]="YAML"
EXTENSION_MAP["yaml"]="YAML"
EXTENSION_MAP["json"]="JSON"
EXTENSION_MAP["toml"]="TOML"
EXTENSION_MAP["xml"]="XML"
EXTENSION_MAP["sql"]="SQL"
EXTENSION_MAP["ps1"]="PowerShell"
EXTENSION_MAP["psm1"]="PowerShell"
EXTENSION_MAP["vim"]="Vim Script"
EXTENSION_MAP["md"]="Markdown"
EXTENSION_MAP["markdown"]="Markdown"
}
#######################################
# Detect language from shebang
# Arguments:
# File path
# Outputs:
# Language name or empty string
#######################################
detect_language_from_shebang() {
local file="$1"
local first_line=$(head -n 1 "${file}" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
if [[ "${first_line}" =~ ^#! ]]; then
if [[ "${first_line}" =~ bash ]]; then
echo "Shell"
elif [[ "${first_line}" =~ python ]]; then
echo "Python"
elif [[ "${first_line}" =~ ruby ]]; then
echo "Ruby"
elif [[ "${first_line}" =~ node ]]; then
echo "JavaScript"
fi
fi
}
#######################################
# Detect language from file
# Globals:
# EXTENSION_MAP
# Arguments:
# File path
# Outputs:
# Language name or empty string
#######################################
detect_language() {
local file="$1"
local filename=$(basename "${file}")
local extension
if [[ "${filename}" == *.* ]]; then
extension="${filename##*.}"
if [[ -n "${EXTENSION_MAP[${extension}]:-}" ]]; then
echo "${EXTENSION_MAP[${extension}]}"
return 0
fi
fi
# Fall back to shebang for extensionless files
detect_language_from_shebang "${file}"
}
#######################################
# Count bytes and files for all files by language
# Globals:
# LANGUAGE_BYTES
# LANGUAGE_FILES
# Arguments:
# None
#######################################
count_language_bytes() {
local file
local language
local bytes
# Find files with exclusions
while IFS= read -r file; do
language=$(detect_language "${file}")
if [[ -n "${language}" ]]; then
bytes=$(wc -c < "${file}" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
LANGUAGE_BYTES["${language}"]=$((${LANGUAGE_BYTES[${language}]:-0} + bytes))
LANGUAGE_FILES["${language}"]=$((${LANGUAGE_FILES[${language}]:-0} + 1))
fi
done < <(find . -type f \
! -path '*/\.*' \
! -path '*/node_modules/*' \
! -path '*/vendor/*' \
! -path '*/venv/*' \
! -path '*/__pycache__/*' \
! -path '*/dist/*' \
! -path '*/build/*' \
! -path '*/out/*' \
! -path '*/target/*')
}
#######################################
# Export language breakdown as JSON
# Globals:
# LANGUAGE_BYTES
# LANGUAGE_FILES
# Arguments:
# None
#######################################
export_json() {
local total_bytes=0
local language
local sorted_languages
local timestamp=$(date -Iseconds)
local first=true
for language in "${!LANGUAGE_BYTES[@]}"; do
total_bytes=$((total_bytes + LANGUAGE_BYTES[${language}]))
done
if [[ ${total_bytes} -eq 0 ]]; then
echo '{"timestamp":"'${timestamp}'","total_bytes":0,"languages":[]}'
return 0
fi
# Sort languages by byte count (descending)
sorted_languages=$(for lang in "${!LANGUAGE_BYTES[@]}"; do
echo "${LANGUAGE_BYTES[${lang}]} ${lang}"
done | sort -rn | awk '{$1=""; print substr($0,2)}')
echo "{"
echo " \"timestamp\": \"${timestamp}\","
echo " \"total_bytes\": ${total_bytes},"
echo " \"languages\": ["
for language in ${sorted_languages}; do
local bytes="${LANGUAGE_BYTES[${language}]}"
local files="${LANGUAGE_FILES[${language}]}"
local percentage=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.1f\", ${bytes} * 100.0 / ${total_bytes}}")
if [[ "${first}" == "true" ]]; then
first=false
else
echo ","
fi
echo -n " {"
echo -n "\"name\": \"${language}\", "
echo -n "\"bytes\": ${bytes}, "
echo -n "\"files\": ${files}, "
echo -n "\"percentage\": ${percentage}"
echo -n "}"
done
echo ""
echo " ]"
echo "}"
}
#######################################
# Export language breakdown as YAML
# Globals:
# LANGUAGE_BYTES
# LANGUAGE_FILES
# Arguments:
# None
#######################################
export_yaml() {
local total_bytes=0
local language
local sorted_languages
local timestamp=$(date -Iseconds)
for language in "${!LANGUAGE_BYTES[@]}"; do
total_bytes=$((total_bytes + LANGUAGE_BYTES[${language}]))
done
if [[ ${total_bytes} -eq 0 ]]; then
echo "timestamp: \"${timestamp}\""
echo "total_bytes: 0"
echo "languages: []"
return 0
fi
# Sort languages by byte count (descending)
sorted_languages=$(for lang in "${!LANGUAGE_BYTES[@]}"; do
echo "${LANGUAGE_BYTES[${lang}]} ${lang}"
done | sort -rn | awk '{$1=""; print substr($0,2)}')
echo "timestamp: \"${timestamp}\""
echo "total_bytes: ${total_bytes}"
echo "languages:"
for language in ${sorted_languages}; do
local bytes="${LANGUAGE_BYTES[${language}]}"
local files="${LANGUAGE_FILES[${language}]}"
local percentage=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.1f\", ${bytes} * 100.0 / ${total_bytes}}")
echo " - name: \"${language}\""
echo " bytes: ${bytes}"
echo " files: ${files}"
echo " percentage: ${percentage}"
done
}
#######################################
# Render the language breakdown bar and legend
# Globals:
# LANGUAGE_BYTES
# LANGUAGE_COLORS
# COLOR_RESET
# Arguments:
# None
#######################################
render_output() {
local total_bytes=0
local language
local sorted_languages
for language in "${!LANGUAGE_BYTES[@]}"; do
total_bytes=$((total_bytes + LANGUAGE_BYTES[${language}]))
done
if [[ ${total_bytes} -eq 0 ]]; then
echo "No recognized programming language files found."
return 0
fi
local terminal_width=$(tput cols 2>/dev/null || echo "80")
# Sort languages by byte count (descending)
sorted_languages=$(for lang in "${!LANGUAGE_BYTES[@]}"; do
echo "${LANGUAGE_BYTES[${lang}]} ${lang}"
done | sort -rn | awk '{print $2}')
# Render the bar
for language in ${sorted_languages}; do
local bytes="${LANGUAGE_BYTES[${language}]}"
local percentage=$((bytes * 100 / total_bytes))
local bar_width=$((bytes * terminal_width / total_bytes))
local color="${LANGUAGE_COLORS[${language}]:-7}"
# Print colored bar segment
printf "\033[48;5;%sm" "${color}"
printf "%${bar_width}s" "" | tr ' ' '█'
printf "${COLOR_RESET}"
done
echo ""
# Render the legend
for language in ${sorted_languages}; do
local bytes="${LANGUAGE_BYTES[${language}]}"
local percentage=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.1f\", ${bytes} * 100.0 / ${total_bytes}}")
local color="${LANGUAGE_COLORS[${language}]:-7}"
printf "\033[38;5;%sm■\033[0m %-15s %6s%%\n" "${color}" "${language}" "${percentage}"
done
}
#######################################
# Main function
# Arguments:
# Command-line arguments (--json, --yaml, --help)
#######################################
main() {
local export_format=""
case "${1:-}" in
--json)
export_format="json"
;;
--yaml)
export_format="yaml"
;;
--help)
echo "Usage: ./langbreak [--json|--yaml]"
echo ""
echo "Display programming language breakdown for the current directory."
echo ""
echo "Options:"
echo " --json Export as JSON to stdout"
echo " --yaml Export as YAML to stdout"
echo " --help Show this help message"
echo ""
echo "Without options, displays a coloured bar visualisation."
exit 0
;;
"")
;;
*)
echo "Error: Unknown option '${1}'" >&2
echo "Usage: ./langbreak [--json|--yaml]" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
initialize_color_map
initialize_extension_map
count_language_bytes
case "${export_format}" in
json)
export_json
;;
yaml)
export_yaml
;;
*)
render_output
;;
esac
}
main "$@"
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