File Stats Counter

Analyze your codebase with beautiful, real-time statistics

A powerful VS Code extension that provides detailed statistics about your workspace files through an elegant, modern interface. Now with intelligent code-only filtering - excludes images, videos, binaries, and other non-code files!

✨ Features

📊 Comprehensive Statistics

• Total Lines - Complete line count across all code files
• Word Count - Total words in your codebase
• Character Count - Every character counted
• File Count - Number of files analyzed
• Total Size - Workspace size in MB

🎯 Smart Code-Only Analysis (NEW!)

• Intelligent File Filtering - Only counts programming and text files
• Excludes Binary Files - Automatically skips images, videos, audio, fonts, executables
• 60+ Language Support - JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust, and more
• Special File Recognition - Includes Makefile, Dockerfile, README, LICENSE, etc.
• Large File Protection - Skips files over 10MB to prevent memory issues

🎨 Modern Sidebar Interface

• Dedicated activity bar icon for quick access
• Beautiful, theme-adaptive UI
• Real-time statistics updates
• Interactive cards with smooth animations

📁 File Type Analysis

• Breakdown by file extension
• Visual progress bars showing distribution
• Line counts per file type
• Top 10 most common file types

📄 Largest Files Detection

• Top 5 largest files by line count
• File size information
• Quick file identification

🚀 Getting Started

Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+X (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+X (Mac) to open Extensions
3. Search for "File Stats Counter"
4. Click Install

Usage

Method 1: Sidebar (Recommended)

1. Click the 📊 chart icon in the Activity Bar (left sidebar)
2. The File Stats panel opens with live statistics
3. Click the 🔄 refresh button to update stats anytime

Method 2: Command Palette

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac)
2. Type "Count Lines, Words, Chars"
3. View results in a notification

🎯 What Gets Counted

✅ Included Files (Code Only!)

The extension counts only code and text files:

Web Development:

• JavaScript/TypeScript: .js, .jsx, .ts, .tsx, .mjs, .cjs
• HTML/CSS: .html, .htm, .css, .scss, .sass, .less
• Frameworks: .vue, .svelte, .astro

Backend Languages:

• Python: .py, .pyw, .pyx, .pyi
• Java: .java
• C#: .cs, .csx
• Go: .go
• Rust: .rs
• Ruby: .rb
• PHP: .php, .phtml
• Swift: .swift
• Kotlin: .kt, .kts
• Scala: .scala
• And many more...

C/C++ Family:

• .c, .cpp, .h, .hpp, .cc, .cxx, .hxx
• Objective-C: .m, .mm

Shell & Scripts:

• .sh, .bash, .zsh, .fish
• .bat, .cmd, .ps1

Data & Config:

• .json, .yaml, .yml, .toml, .ini, .xml

Documentation:

• .md, .markdown, .rst, .txt, .adoc

Database:

• .sql, .mysql, .pgsql, .sqlite

Special Files:

• Makefile, Dockerfile, Rakefile, Jenkinsfile
• README, LICENSE, CHANGELOG, TODO
• .gitignore, .dockerignore, .npmignore
• package.json, tsconfig.json, requirements.txt
• And many more configuration files

❌ Excluded Files

Binary & Media Files (NEW!):

• Images: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .svg, .ico, .webp, .tiff, .psd
• Videos: .mp4, .avi, .mov, .wmv, .flv, .mkv, .webm
• Audio: .mp3, .wav, .flac, .aac, .ogg, .wma, .m4a
• Fonts: .ttf, .otf, .woff, .woff2, .eot
• Archives: .zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .gz, .bz2, .iso
• Executables: .exe, .dll, .so, .dylib, .app, .deb, .rpm
• Documents: .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx
• Compiled: .pyc, .class, .o, .obj

Dependencies & Build Output:

• node_modules, vendor, bower_components
• dist, out, build, target, bin, obj
• .next, .nuxt, .gradle
• Python environments: venv, env, .virtualenv, __pycache__

Lock Files:

• package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml
• Gemfile.lock, Pipfile.lock, composer.lock

Minified Files:

• .min.js, .min.css
• .bundle.js, .bundle.css

Version Control:

• .git, .svn, .hg, CVS

📊 Statistics Provided

• Total Lines: Count of all lines in your code files
• Total Words: Count of all words across files
• Total Characters: Total character count
• Files Processed: Number of files analyzed
• Total Size: Combined size of all analyzed files
• File Type Breakdown: Statistics grouped by file extension
• Largest Files: Top 5 largest files by line count
• Average Lines per File: Calculated average

⚙️ Technical Details

• Language Support: 60+ programming languages and file types
• Performance: Efficiently handles large codebases with smart filtering
• File Size Limit: Automatically skips files larger than 10MB
• Error Handling: Gracefully handles permission errors and unreadable files
• Memory Efficient: Processes files incrementally to avoid memory issues

🎯 Use Cases

• Project Analysis: Get a quick overview of your codebase size and composition
• Code Reviews: Understand the scope of changes and file distributions
• Portfolio Stats: Showcase your coding metrics
• Team Metrics: Track project growth over time
• Language Distribution: See what languages dominate your workspace

🐛 Known Issues

• Very large files (>10MB) are skipped to prevent memory issues
• Binary files that cannot be read as UTF-8 text are automatically skipped
• Symbolic links are not followed to prevent infinite loops

📝 Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for detailed release notes.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request on GitHub.

📮 Support

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions:

• File an issue on GitHub
• Contact: Alexander Holm Mortensen

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Enjoy analyzing your code! 🎉

Made with ❤️ by Alexander Holm Mortensen