gource-visualizer

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By Tibsfox/gsd-skill-creator (GitHub) · coding · 71 stars · scanned at commit e179dfe

Produce animated source control visualizations using Gource. This skill handles installation of Gource and ffmpeg, detection of repository metrics, preset-based configuration, single and multi-repo log generation, ffmpeg video encoding pipeline, headless rendering for server environments, caption generation from git tags, GitHub avatar resolution, and GSD output delivery. Use this skill whenever the user wants to visualize repository history, create a code evolution video, see project timeline …

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Runs commands on your computer

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Found in 10 places.

skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 29bash scripts/install-gource.sh
skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 34bash scripts/detect-repo.sh <repo-path>
skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 45bash scripts/render-video.sh --repo <repo-path> --preset standard --output <output-dir>/video.mp4

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skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 85bash scripts/merge-repos.sh --color --output combined.log <repo1> <repo2> ...
skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 89bash scripts/render-video.sh --repo combined.log --preset <preset> --output <output-dir>/video.mp4
skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 100bash scripts/generate-captions.sh <repo-path> captions.txt
skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 106bash scripts/resolve-avatars.sh <repo-path> avatars/
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 46/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/render-headless.sh, line 67bash -c "$CMD"
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/render-headless.sh, line 88DISPLAY=":${DISPLAY_NUM}" bash -c "$CMD"

Downloads and installs other software

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Found in 18 places.

skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 149| "Xvfb failed to start" | Xvfb not installed | `sudo apt-get install xvfb` |
skills/gource-visualizer/SKILL.md, line 153| "libx264 not found" | ffmpeg missing H.264 codec | `sudo apt-get install libx264-dev` or reinstall ffmpeg from package |
skills/gource-visualizer/references/ffmpeg-pipeline.md, line 107sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

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skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 19sudo apt-get install -y gource ffmpeg xvfb
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 32sudo apt-get install -y libx264-dev libvpx-dev
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 38brew install gource ffmpeg
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 46/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 71sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake \
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 169RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gource ffmpeg xvfb
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 195sudo apt-get install -y libx264-dev
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 196sudo apt-get install --reinstall ffmpeg
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 209sudo apt-get install -y libvpx-dev
skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 210sudo apt-get install --reinstall ffmpeg
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/install-gource.sh, line 228if ! sudo apt-get install -y -qq "${packages[@]}"; then
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/install-gource.sh, line 229log_err "apt-get install failed"
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/install-gource.sh, line 243if ! brew install "${packages[@]}"; then
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/install-gource.sh, line 244log_err "brew install failed"
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/render-headless.sh, line 97err " Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install xvfb"

Sends data to these websites: raw.githubusercontent.com, api.github.com

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Found in 3 places.

skills/gource-visualizer/references/installation-guide.md, line 46/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/resolve-avatars.sh, line 188response=$(curl -s "${auth_args[@]}" "https://api.github.com/search/users?q=${encoded_email}+in:email" 2>/dev/null || true)
skills/gource-visualizer/scripts/resolve-avatars.sh, line 202curl -sL "${auth_args[@]}" "$avatar_url" -o "$avatar_file" 2>/dev/null || true

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Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'gource-visualizer' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'gource-visualizer' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named gource-visualizer already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/Tibsfox/gsd-skill-creator' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'e179dfe911f3b3c2ff8bcd90ecd6ee4738648d17' -- 'skills/gource-visualizer' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/gource-visualizer' ~/.agents/skills/'gource-visualizer' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'gource-visualizer' ~/.claude/skills/'gource-visualizer' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-07	`e179dfe`	75