Count Code Lines
NOTE: Node.js and PowerShell is required to use this script.
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Description
The "countlines" extension for VSCode counts source lines in the terminal's current project directory and displays the result in a terminal window.
The counter skips common cache, dependency, and generated-output folders at any depth:
- Python caches and environments:
__pycache__, .pytest_cache, .mypy_cache, .ruff_cache, .tox, .nox, .venv, venv, env
- Dependencies:
node_modules, vendor
- Build output and reports:
build, dist, out, bin, obj, target, coverage, .VSCodeCounter
- Tool caches and output:
.cache, .next, .nuxt, .output, .parcel-cache, .turbo, .gradle, .dart_tool
- Version control:
.git, .hg, .svn
Directory names are matched exactly (case-insensitively), so names like build-tools still count. Directory links are not followed. Only the supported source-file extensions below are counted; compiled Python files such as .pyc are already excluded. This does not read .gitignore.
When running the PowerShell script directly, you can replace the default exclusions if your project uses one of these names for source code:
./CountLines.ps1 -path . -excludeDirectories @('__pycache__', 'node_modules', 'custom-cache')
Currently supported languages are:
- Python
- JavaScript
- JavaScript (React)
- TypeScript
- TypeScript (React)
- CSS
- SCSS
- HTML
- C#
- C
- C++
- C Header
- PHP
- Java
- Go
- Ruby
- Rust
- Swift
- Kotlin
- Lua
- Shell Script
- Batch Script
- PowerShell
Usage
VSCode extension
- Press
Ctrl + Shift + P
- Type
Count Code Lines
- Press
Enter
Keyboard shortcut
If you have the extension installed, you can press Ctrl + Alt + Z to count the lines of code in the project.
The default keyboard shortcut can be changed in the VSCode settings.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.
