Get a repository's languages

The languages a repository's default branch is written in, by bytes, largest first: each with its name, color, bytes and percent.

GET/repos/{owner}/{name}/languages

Programming and markup languages count; data (JSON, YAML) and prose (Markdown) do not, nor do vendored, generated and documentation files, unless the repository’s .gitattributes says otherwise (linguist-vendored, linguist-generated, linguist-documentation, linguist-language, linguist-detectable). Worked out in the background for the default branch’s head and kept by commit: commit says which commit the answer is for, and pending is true while the first is worked out (ask again in a few seconds). partial is true when the repository was too large to read in full.

While pending is true, languages is empty: the default branch is being read for the first time. When commit is not head, the answer is for an older commit while the newer one is read.

Authentication: Optional. Public data can be read without a token; send one to see what is private.
MCP tool: repository with action languages, and the same inputs
Scope: An access token needs repo:read.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`owner`	string	Yes	The workspace that owns the repository.
`name`	string	Yes	The repository’s name.

Example request

curl https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/languages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "head": "9f3c2a1b7e5d4c3b2a19f8e7d6c5b4a39281706f",
  "commit": "9f3c2a1b7e5d4c3b2a19f8e7d6c5b4a39281706f",
  "computed_at": "2026-10-07T09:14:03.000Z",
  "pending": false,
  "partial": false,
  "languages": [
    {
      "name": "Rust",
      "color": "#dea584",
      "bytes": 184213,
      "percent": 71.4
    },
    {
      "name": "TypeScript",
      "color": "#3178c6",
      "bytes": 61022,
      "percent": 23.7
    },
    {
      "name": "Shell",
      "color": "#89e051",
      "bytes": 12650,
      "percent": 4.9
    }
  ]
}

Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like {"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}. See errors.

Status	Code	When
401	`unauthenticated`	A token is required, or the one sent is not valid.
403	`forbidden`	The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository.
404	`not_found`	It does not exist, or you cannot see it.
422	`invalid`	The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why.