tokei

name	tokei
description	Use this skill when the user wants to count lines of code, get code statistics for a project, or analyze code by language.

tokei Plugin

Count your code quickly. Fast code statistics for 150+ languages.

Commands

Count

• tokei count run — Count code statistics
• tokei count files — Count with individual file stats
• tokei count json — Output as JSON

Usage Examples

• "Count lines of code in this directory"
• "Get code statistics as JSON"
• "Show per-file statistics"

Installation

cargo install tokei
# or
brew install tokei

Examples

# Basic count
tokei .

# Count specific path
tokei ./src

# With file details
tokei --files ./src

# JSON output
tokei --output json ./src

# Sort by code lines
tokei --sort code ./src

# Exclude patterns
tokei ./src --exclude *.test.*

Output Columns

• Files — number of files
• Lines — total lines
• Code — lines of code
• Comments — lines of comments
• Blanks — blank lines

Key Features

• Supports 150+ languages
• Respects .gitignore
• Multiple output formats (text, JSON, YAML, CBOR)
• Very fast (millions of lines in seconds)
• Accurate multi-line comment handling