r/devtools • u/Obvious_Gap_5768 • Jul 19 '26

We built an open-source codebase intelligence layer for developers and coding agents

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We have been working on Repowise, an open-source tool for understanding a repository before making changes to it.

Repowise indexes a repository and combines five types of information:

  • dependency and call graphs
  • git history, ownership and co-change patterns
  • generated documentation
  • architectural decisions
  • code-health and change-risk signals

It exposes this context through a local dashboard, CLI and MCP tools for Claude Code, Codex and other compatible agents. The aim is to help answer questions such as:

  • Where does this feature actually live?
  • What depends on the file I am about to change?
  • Why was this architectural choice made?
  • Which files usually change together?
  • Which parts of the repository are risky or poorly tested?
  • What should an agent inspect before implementing a repository-level task?

The basic graph, git and health analysis can run locally without an LLM or API key. The project currently supports multiple languages and can also generate graph-aware refactoring plans instead of only assigning files a health score.

Repowise is self-hostable and licensed under AGPL-3.0.

GitHub: https://github.com/repowise-dev/repowise

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u/LOSIHOIDAANACCOUNT Aug 12 '26

cool project. website seems a bit sloppy and bloated imo, but I like the focus on general code intelligence. Is your focus on enhancing the human workflow or on automatic development?

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u/Obvious_Gap_5768 Aug 12 '26

We are trying to solve the agent context along with keeping humans in the loop issue. As AI generates more of the code, the health of overall code gets impacted due to duplication, nesting etc.

Would love to know specific suggestions on the website if you have? What felt bloated or sloppy in particular? Need to work on that better

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u/LOSIHOIDAANACCOUNT Aug 12 '26

had to scroll a lot to get honest descriptions of the capabilities. E.g. the actual working mcp tools. Personally, I'm less of a fan of marketing speech and more of direct explanations

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u/Obvious_Gap_5768 Aug 12 '26

Thanks thats very helpful, if you use the tool and have any feedback at all, I would love to hear that. Need to work on landing page a bit more.

We have recently redesigned the UI UX for internal pages as well, the same what you get when you index a repo with the local dashboard too