diff --git a/src/python.rs b/src/python.rs
index b44c5c8..c663e26 100644
--- a/src/python.rs
+++ b/src/python.rs
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ fn last_commit_date(_path: String) -> PyResult<Option<String>> {
 }
 
 #[pyfunction]
-fn status_counts(_path: String) -> PyResult<(usize, usize)> {
-    todo!("repo::status_counts (modified, untracked)")
+fn status_counts(path: String) -> PyResult<(usize, usize)> {
+    Ok(crate::repo::status_counts(std::path::Path::new(&path)))
 }
 
 #[pyfunction]
diff --git a/src/repo/mod.rs b/src/repo/mod.rs
index a4284ad..3fffebe 100644
--- a/src/repo/mod.rs
+++ b/src/repo/mod.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ pub use log_subjects::log_subjects;
 mod is_clean;
 pub use is_clean::is_clean;
 
+mod status_counts;
+pub use status_counts::status_counts;
+
 /// Temp-dir git fixtures shared by the per-method parity tests.
 ///
 /// Fixtures are built with the real `git` CLI, so each parity test asserts
diff --git a/src/repo/status_counts.rs b/src/repo/status_counts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca3a937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/repo/status_counts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+/// (modified, untracked) counts, matching `git status --porcelain`: lines
+/// starting with `??` are untracked; every other non-empty entry (staged or
+/// unstaged change, rename, delete) is modified. Soft-fails to (0, 0).
+pub fn status_counts(path: &Path) -> (usize, usize) {
+    let Ok(repo) = gix::open(path) else {
+        return (0, 0);
+    };
+    let platform = match repo.status(gix::progress::Discard) {
+        Ok(p) => p,
+        Err(_) => return (0, 0),
+    };
+    let iter = match platform
+        .untracked_files(gix::status::UntrackedFiles::Files)
+        .into_iter(Vec::<gix::bstr::BString>::new())
+    {
+        Ok(i) => i,
+        Err(_) => return (0, 0),
+    };
+    let mut modified = 0usize;
+    let mut untracked = 0usize;
+    for item in iter {
+        let Ok(item) = item else { continue };
+        match item {
+            gix::status::Item::IndexWorktree(
+                gix::status::index_worktree::Item::DirectoryContents { .. },
+            ) => untracked += 1,
+            _ => modified += 1,
+        }
+    }
+    (modified, untracked)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::repo::fixtures;
+
+    fn porcelain_counts(p: &std::path::Path) -> (usize, usize) {
+        let out = fixtures::git(p, &["status", "--porcelain"]);
+        let mut m = 0usize;
+        let mut u = 0usize;
+        for line in out.lines() {
+            if line.is_empty() {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if line.starts_with("??") {
+                u += 1;
+            } else {
+                m += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        (m, u)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn clean_repo() {
+        let td = fixtures::repo();
+        assert_eq!(super::status_counts(td.path()), porcelain_counts(td.path()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn one_untracked_file() {
+        let td = fixtures::repo();
+        fixtures::write(td.path(), "a.txt", "x");
+        assert_eq!(super::status_counts(td.path()), porcelain_counts(td.path()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn one_modified_tracked_file() {
+        let td = fixtures::repo();
+        fixtures::write(td.path(), "t.txt", "initial");
+        fixtures::git(td.path(), &["add", "t.txt"]);
+        fixtures::git(td.path(), &["commit", "-q", "-m", "Add t.txt"]);
+        fixtures::write(td.path(), "t.txt", "modified");
+        assert_eq!(super::status_counts(td.path()), porcelain_counts(td.path()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn one_staged_new_file_and_one_untracked_file() {
+        let td = fixtures::repo();
+        fixtures::write(td.path(), "a.txt", "x");
+        fixtures::git(td.path(), &["add", "a.txt"]);
+        fixtures::write(td.path(), "b.txt", "y");
+        assert_eq!(super::status_counts(td.path()), porcelain_counts(td.path()));
+    }
+}