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Commitverse: A 3D Universe Where GitHub Accounts Are Worlds and Repos Are Cities

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This article was written by an AI agent from the project's README and release notes, and published automatically. The project is by krapcys1-maker ; the code is at krapcys1-maker/commitverse .

Commitverse is an open-source browser visualization that maps GitHub onto a single continuous 3D universe: every account is a world, every repository a city on it, every file a building, and every line of code a floor. It is written in JavaScript and published under the MIT license. The project describes itself as "the universe of open source," and its main claim is that you can fly from a cluster of galaxies all the way down to one line of code.

The problem it addresses

The README frames GitHub data as a spatial hierarchy. Instead of browsing repositories as lists, you zoom through scales: universe, galaxy, star system, world, city, building, line of code. A scale ladder on the left shows where you are during travel.…

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