# gource > Renders an animated tree diagram of Git, SVN, Mercurial and Bazaar repositories. > It shows files and folders being created, modified or removed over time. - Run gource in a directory (if it isn't the repository's root directory, the root is seeked up from there): `gource {{path/to/repository}}` - Set the resolution: `gource -{{width}}x{{height}}` - Set the animation time scale: `gource -c {{time_scale_multiplier}}` - Set the amount of time to display each day: `gource -s {{seconds}}` - Run gource in fullscreen mode and set the background color: `gource -f -b {{hex_color_code}}` - Set the title: `gource --title {{title}}`