ghstats

Generate SVG cards summarizing a GitHub user's profile — written in Go.

ghstats is a single-binary CLI (and a GitHub Action wrapping it) that fetches public data for a GitHub user and writes a themed set of SVGs you can embed in your profile README:

• Profile details
• Repos per language (how many owned repos use each language as primary)
• Most commit language (last year's commits attributed to each repo's primary language)
• Stats (stars, commits, PRs, issues, PR reviews, contributed-to)
• Productive time heatmap (weekday × hour)

Use as a GitHub Action (recommended)

Drop this in .github/workflows/ghstats.yml in your profile repo (the one named after your username):

name: ghstats

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * *" # daily
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  cards:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
      - uses: tiennm99/ghstats@v1
        with:
          user: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
          token: ${{ secrets.GHSTATS_TOKEN }}   # classic PAT with read:user + repo
          themes: dracula,github-dark,tokyonight
          tz: Asia/Saigon
          commit_changes: "true"

Then embed the cards in your README.md:

![profile](./output/dracula/0-profile-details.svg)
![repos-per-language](./output/dracula/1-repos-per-language.svg)
![most-commit-language](./output/dracula/2-most-commit-language.svg)
![stats](./output/dracula/3-stats.svg)
![productive-time](./output/dracula/4-productive-time.svg)

Action inputs

Input	Default	Description
user	—	GitHub username (required)
token	${{ github.token }}	PAT with read:user + repo for private repo stats
out	output	Output directory
themes	dracula	Comma-separated theme ids, or all
tz	UTC	IANA tz for the productive-time card (e.g. Asia/Saigon)
top_repos	10	Owned repos sampled for commit heatmap (0 to skip)
commits_per_repo	100	Max commits sampled per repo
commit_changes	false	Commit generated cards back to the repo
commit_message	chore: update ghstats cards	Commit message
commit_branch	(current ref)	Target branch for auto-commit
author_name	github-actions[bot]	Commit author
author_email	…@users.noreply.github.com	Commit email

Use as a CLI

go install github.com/tiennm99/ghstats@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/tiennm99/ghstats
cd ghstats
go build -o ghstats .

Then:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx
ghstats -user tiennm99 -themes dracula,github-dark -tz Asia/Saigon -out output

Flag	Default	Description
-user	(required)	GitHub username
-token	$GITHUB_TOKEN	Personal access token
-out	output	Output directory (<out>/<theme>/…svg)
-themes	dracula	Comma-separated theme ids, or all
-tz	Local	IANA timezone for productive-time heatmap
-top-repos	10	Owned repos sampled for heatmap (0 to skip)
-commits-per-repo	100	Max commits sampled per repo
-list-themes		Print available theme ids and exit

Themes

Run ghstats -list-themes for the full list. Built-ins include default, dark, dracula, github, github-dark, tokyonight, onedark, nord, gruvbox, radical, synthwave, monokai, solarized-dark, solarized-light, transparent, and more.

Output

output/
  dracula/
    0-profile-details.svg
    1-repos-per-language.svg
    2-most-commit-language.svg
    3-stats.svg
    4-productive-time.svg

Tokens & permissions

The default ${{ github.token }} can read public user data but will not see your private-repo commits. For accurate stats, create a classic personal access token with read:user and repo, save it as a repo secret (e.g. GHSTATS_TOKEN), and pass it via the token input.

Credits & inspiration

• github-profile-summary-cards by @vn7n24fzkq — card layout, theme set, and output structure.
• profile-summary-for-github by @tipsy — the original profile-summary generator.
• github-readme-stats by @anuraghazra — theme palette reference.

License

Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE.