justrach/codedb
Zig code intelligence server and MCP toolset for AI agents. Fast tree, outline, symbol, search, read, edit, deps, snapshot, and remote GitHub repo queries. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 13
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.0
- age_days: 183
- days_rel: 11
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 65
Adoption not part of the score
1367 stars · 84 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
codedb is a Zig-based code intelligence server that indexes a codebase once and serves structural queries (symbols, outlines, trigram search, dependency graphs, snapshots) over MCP and HTTP. It acts as a fast context engine for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, deliberately leaving editing to the agent's native tools.
Use cases
- give my AI coding agent fast codebase search and symbol lookup
- index a large repo so agents stop shelling out to ripgrep
- query code structure like outlines, callers, and dependencies over MCP
- find symbols and definitions across a codebase instantly
- serve code context to Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex via MCP
- search a remote GitHub repository's code structure
- reduce token usage from unstructured grep output in agent workflows
When to choose
- you run AI coding agents that repeatedly search large codebases and you want sub-millisecond indexed queries
- you need structural code intelligence (symbols, outlines, dependency graphs) exposed over MCP
- you want a zero-dependency single binary with file watching and incremental re-indexing
When to avoid
- you need a full code editing or refactoring tool - codedb explicitly has no edit capability
- you need production-grade stability - it is alpha software with changing snapshot formats and parser gaps
- you need a network-accessible server - the HTTP server has no auth and binds to localhost only
Facets
service · maturity experimental
search-engine parser mcp developer-tools developer-tools large-language-models parsers windows cli self-hosted code-intelligence mcp-server code-search symbol-index trigram-search dependency-graph zig context-engine code-navigation indexing ai-agents linux macos
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/justrach/codedb · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7dfb2085542d
- homepage: https://codegraff.com/blog/codedb-code-intelligence · fetched 2026-08-29 · a2da64a55786
- site_page: https://codegraff.com/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · 74c7dc48bc45
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| justrach/codedb | main | 78 |
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