super fast code stats.

a simple tool to count lines, detect languages, and scan big codebases fast.

most tools are either slow or heavy.
this one is built to be fast and lightweight.

• ⚡ faster than tokei
• 🧠 low cpu + memory usage
• 📂 scans huge folders in seconds
• 🌍 120+ languages, 250+ extensions

cstat [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [PATH]

🔧 Help:

[FLAGS]
  -h,  --help            show help
  -q,  --quiet           suppress config output
  -f,  --fast            fast scan (skip some stats)
  -l,  --languages       list supported languages
  -j,  --json            output in json format
  -c,  --csv             output in csv format
  -ng, --no-gitignore    ignore .gitignore rules
  -v,  --version         show version

[OPTIONS]
  -t,   --threads <n>            number of threads
  -min, --min-file-size <mb>     minimum file size
  -max, --max-file-size <mb>     maximum file size (max 100MB)

  --exclude-dir <dir>            exclude directory
  --exclude-ext <ext>            exclude file extension

Download now!

git clone https://github.com/nchhillar2004/cstat.git
cd cstat
cmake -B build
cmake --build build --config Release

tested on real-world data. same machine, same conditions.

full system scan (mixed files, binaries, configs, everything)

• cstat scans 2x+ more data than tokei
• uses much lower CPU
• scc could not complete the scan
• cloc is significantly slower on large directories

repo: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
size: ~122MB

• cstat is ~4x faster than tokei
• significantly lower CPU usage
• cloc is much slower on same dataset

repo: https://github.com/nodejs/node
size: ~601MB

• cstat is ~5x faster than tokei
• significantly lower CPU usage