# johnhuang316/code-index-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that helps large language models index, search, and analyze code repositories with minimal setup

Repository: https://github.com/johnhuang316/code-index-mcp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/code-index-mcp
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-27T08:14:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 95, longevity 38
- inputs: {"age_days": 534, "days_push": 37, "days_rel": 37, "gap_med": 3.0, "n_releases_24m": 49}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1005, forks 121 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:13.184652+00:00)

## What it is
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that indexes, searches, and analyzes code repositories so LLM-based assistants can navigate codebases effectively. It is written in Python and runs locally via uvx with minimal setup.

## Use cases
- index a codebase so an AI assistant can search it
- find all TypeScript files in a project via an LLM
- search for authentication functions in a repo
- analyze a specific source file with Claude
- assist with code review and refactoring using AI
- generate documentation from an existing codebase
- debug and understand an unfamiliar repository with an AI assistant

## When to choose
- you use Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, or another MCP-compatible client and want it to understand your codebase
- you need fast file search and code analysis tools exposed to an LLM with minimal setup
- you want a lightweight, MIT-licensed local indexing server for AI coding workflows

## When to avoid
- you need a full hosted code search platform like Sourcegraph for teams
- your project is not on a locally accessible filesystem
- you do not use any MCP-compatible AI client

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, mcp, developer-tools, parser
- domain: developer-tools, large-language-models
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: code-indexing, mcp-server, code-analysis, llm-tools, code-navigation, ai-agents

## Member repositories
- johnhuang316/code-index-mcp (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:13.184652+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:13:09.992669+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/johnhuang316/code-index-mcp (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:13.184652+00:00, sha f9e4c1a01baf)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/code-index-mcp/json (fetched 2026-08-29T13:13:09.745396+00:00, sha 6e82d2ec6c24)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.