reef

Every developer has seen GitHub's contribution graph. Those little green squares that show your activity over time. But what if instead of a corporate grid, your git history looked like something alive?

reef transforms your commit history into an ocean-themed visualization. Deep blues for quiet days, vibrant corals and oranges for peak activity. It's not just pretty — it's a different way of seeing your work rhythm.

Run it in any git repository and watch your contributions come to life. Filter by author, date range, or number of weeks. It's git log, but beautiful.

Getting the color palette right took iteration. The goal was a gradient that felt natural — like descending into the ocean. Too few colors looked flat; too many looked noisy. The final seven-color palette hits the sweet spot: from deep ocean floor blues through mid-water teals to shallow reef greens and finally coral pinks and oranges.

Visualization is about communication, not just aesthetics. reef works because it maps commit intensity to something intuitive — the vibrancy of a coral reef. Low activity is calm deep water; high activity is a thriving reef ecosystem. The metaphor does the explaining.

Also: sometimes the best projects are remixes. GitHub's contribution graph is iconic. reef just asks "what if it was underwater?" and follows that thread to its natural conclusion.