GitHub Activity Generator

A script that helps you instantly generate a beautiful GitHub Contributions Graph for the last year.

⚠ Disclaimer

This script is for educational purposes and demonstrating GitHub mechanics. It should not be used to misrepresent professional contributions or coding activity.

Check my other projects

I created this project more than five years ago. Since then, I have built several much more valuable tools which I encourage you to check:

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What it looks like

Before :neutral_face: :no_mouth: :unamused:

After :muscle: :relieved: :heart: :sunglasses: :metal: :horse: :wink: :fire: :dancer: :santa: :fireworks: :cherries: :tada:

How to use

1. Create an empty GitHub repository. Do not initialize it.
2. Download the contribute.py script and execute it passing the link on the created repository

python contribute.py [email protected]:user/repo.git

Now you have a repository with lots of changes in your GitHub account. Note: it takes several minutes for GitHub to reindex your activity.

How it works

The script initializes an empty git repository, creates a text file and starts generating changes to the file for every day within the last year (0-20 commits per day). Once the commits are generated it links the created repository with the remote repository and pushes the changes.

Customizations

You can customize how often to commit and how many commits a day to make, etc.

For instance, with the following command, the script will make from 1 to 12 commits a day. It will commit 60% days a year.

python contribute.py --max_commits=12 --frequency=60 [email protected]:user/repo.git

Use --no_weekends option if you don't want to commit on weekends

python contribute.py --no_weekends

If you do not set the --repository argument the script won't push the changes. This way you can import the generated repository yourself.

Use --days_before and --days_after to specify how many days before the current date the script should start committing, and how many days after the current date it will keep committing.

python contribute.py --days_before=10 --days_after=15

Run python contribute.py --help to get help.

System requirements

To be able to execute the script you need to have Python and Git installed.

Troubleshooting

I performed the script but my GitHub activity is still the same.

It might take several minutes for GitHub to reindex your activity. Check if the repository has new commits and wait a couple of minutes.

The changes are still not reflected after some time.

Are you using a private repository? If so, enable showing private contributions following this guide.

Still no luck

Make sure the email address you have in GitHub is the same as you have in your local settings. GitHub counts contributions only when they are made using the corresponding email.

Check your local email settings with:

git config --get user.email

If it doesn't match with the one from GitHub reset it with

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Create a new repository and rerun the script.

There are errors in the logs of the script.

Maybe you tried to use an existing repository. If so, make sure you are using a new one which is not initialized.

If none of the options helped, open an issue and I will fix it as soon as possible.