# This tool for understanding repos is BRILLIANT!

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-tool-for-understanding-repos-is-brilliant/67226>\
**Category:** Offtopic\
**Created:** [August 28, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-tool-for-understanding-repos-is-brilliant/67226 "2021-08-28T15:29:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-tool-for-understanding-repos-is-brilliant/67226/1 "2021-08-28T15:29:08Z")

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Check it out: [GitHub Next | Visualizing a Codebase](https://next.github.com/projects/repo-visualization?utm_medium=email&utm_source=topic+optin&utm_campaign=awareness&utm_content=20210828+prog+nl&mkt_tok=MTA3LUZNUy0wNzAAAAF_LECqgDBgNBqYzu4cZYWpgS0ctAWq3Ctn6SSJeAll2J7EvWM7yoIgTEZ0Nmjj2LfS5XnisOI2E5k9e0T0exVylEKnklT_sl2f5LLErkDS6UHHpQ)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/7/775f188b4c37758acb85ebe372836f7a40ad9116.png)

Wouldn’t it be nice if this could be used automatically in Github?

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-tool-for-understanding-repos-is-brilliant/67226/2 "2021-08-28T15:33:00Z")

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Fantastic: it can be made part of one’s README!

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/4/44fa429e352862759f2185c8f6f6cd9c74523f60.png)

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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-tool-for-understanding-repos-is-brilliant/67226/3 "2021-08-28T15:35:30Z")

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Nice visuals, but I wonder what I could actually learn from this representation?

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-tool-for-understanding-repos-is-brilliant/67226/4 "2021-08-28T15:36:43Z")

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Read the paper 😉

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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-tool-for-understanding-repos-is-brilliant/67226/5 "2021-08-28T15:43:06Z")

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I have 🙂 But ok, I see that it can be nice to get a quick impression of the structure of the repo.

 ![Screenshot 2021-08-28 at 17.42.06](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/9/99c8899ffe15cacae794baf361c4abc8aa21fc21.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-tool-for-understanding-repos-is-brilliant/67226/6 "2021-08-28T15:52:50Z")

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Automatic integration in the README:  
[https://github.com/PetrKryslUCSD/FinEtools.jl](https://github.com/PetrKryslUCSD/FinEtools.jl)  
Actually: it is better to use the link provided in the original article, because  
the graph produced there is “live”, with popups and clickable. So that’s  
what I do now.  
Check out: [https://octo-repo-visualization.vercel.app/?repo=PetrKryslUCSD%2FFinEtools.jl](https://octo-repo-visualization.vercel.app/?repo=PetrKryslUCSD%2FFinEtools.jl)