tokei

Count lines of code by language, quickly and accurately.

Author: XAMPPRocky
Alternative to: wc (See 3 others)
Language: Rust
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tokei counts files, lines, code, comments, and blank lines across 150+ programming languages. It is significantly faster than cloc and handles edge cases like nested comments and comments inside strings correctly.

Features

  • Breaks down results by language with code, comment, and blank line counts
  • Supports 150+ languages and file extensions
  • Handles nested comments and comments inside strings accurately
  • Multiple output formats: JSON, YAML, CBOR for use in scripts and pipelines
  • Works as a library for embedding in Rust projects
  • Respects .gitignore and similar ignore files

Basic usage

# Count lines in current directory.
tokei

# Count lines in a specific directory.
tokei src/

# Output as JSON.
tokei --output json

Availability

Available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.