CodeFlower is described as 'Visualizes source repositories using an interactive tree. Each disc represents a file, with a radius proportional to the number of lines of code (loc). All rendering is done client-side, in JavaScript' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to CodeFlower for Web-based, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Linux. The best CodeFlower alternative is Gource, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CodeFlower are Git Visualizer, Codeology, GitHub Visualizer and PhpMetrics.
Software projects are displayed by Gource as an animated tree with the root directory of the project at its centre. Directories appear as branches with files as leaves. Developers can be seen working on the tree at the times they contributed to the project.
Gource is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CodeFlower.
Gource is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CodeFlower.
Provides an at-a-glance overview of the repository structure. Finer details can be explored via zooming and tooltips. It makes exploring large and complex projects a breeze.
Git Visualizer is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to CodeFlower.
PhpMetrics provides metrics about PHP project and classes, with beautiful and readable HTML report.
Repography is a web app which creates data visualizations for your Git repos. You can use our command line script to try out Repography on any Git repo, or install GitHub app.
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