Hey folks! 🎉
I’ve built a simple web app called <a href="https://ascii-repotree.vercel.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">RepoTree</a>, which takes any GitHub repository URL and converts its structure into a clean ASCII tree format. This tool is perfect for documentation purposes or when you want to easily share the structure of a repository.
With RepoTree, you can quickly visualize your GitHub repository hierarchy and export it to a text format to include in your docs. It’s a small utility that can save you time and effort while documenting your projects!
Check it out on <a href="https://github.com/coder-ralph/RepoTree" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">GitHub</a>!
This project was inspired by Nathan Friend’s <a href="https://gitlab.com/nfriend/tree-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Tree Online</a> and <a href="https://ascii-tree-generator.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">ASCII Tree Generator</a>.
P.S.
A year ago, I saw a question on Stack Overflow about how to make a directory tree from a GitHub repo, and we had the same question and that got me inspired to create RepoTree. 😊
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75522166/how-do-i-get-the-directory-tree-structure-from-a-github-repository-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75522166/how-do-i-get-the-directory-tree-structure-from-a-github-repository-link</a>
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RepoTree is a web app that generates an ASCII tree structure from any GitHub repository URL, making it useful for documentation purposes. It allows users to visualize their GitHub repository hierarchy and export it to a text format. The project was inspired by Nathan Friend's Tree Online and ASCII Tree Generator.

RepoTree: Generate ASCII Tree from GitHub Repositories

how is this different from the vs code tree extensions?