Just show me the code.
Tired of clicking around complex file hierarchies of GitHub repos? Do you just want to see all of the code on a single page? Enter rendergit. Flatten any GitHub repository into a single, searchable HTML page with syntax highlighting, markdown rendering, and a clean sidebar navigation. Perfect for code review, exploration, and an instant Ctrl+F experience.
Git clone / pip install this repo somewhere:
git clone https://github.com/karpathy/rendergit
pip install -e .Now you can just rendergit any GitHub url e.g.:
rendergit https://github.com/karpathy/nanoGPTThe code will:
- Clone the repo to a temporary directory
- Render its source code into a single static temporary HTML file
- Automatically open the file in your browser
Once open, you can toggle between two views:
- 👤 Human View: Browse with syntax highlighting, sidebar navigation, visual goodies
- 🤖 LLM View: Copy the entire codebase as CXML text to paste into Claude, ChatGPT, etc.
There's a few other smaller options, see the code.
- Dual view modes - toggle between Human and LLM views
- 👤 Human View: Pretty interface with syntax highlighting and navigation
- 🤖 LLM View: Raw CXML text format - perfect for copying to Claude/ChatGPT for code analysis
- Syntax highlighting for code files via Pygments
- Markdown rendering for README files and docs
- Smart filtering - skips binaries and oversized files
- Directory tree overview at the top
- Sidebar navigation with file links and sizes
- Responsive design that works on mobile
- Search-friendly - use Ctrl+F to find anything across all files
I vibe coded this utility a few months ago but I keep using it very often so I figured I'd just share it. I don't super intend to maintain or support it though.
Apache 2.0 go nuts