oraios/serena

A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/oraios/serena · homepage · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

85/100

Activity 98
Release rhythm 96
Longevity 37

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: 7.0
age_days: 528
days_rel: 24
days_push: 13
n_releases_24m: 15

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

28526 stars · 1919 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Serena is an MCP toolkit that gives AI coding agents semantic code retrieval, editing, refactoring, and debugging capabilities at the symbol level, powered by language servers. It integrates with any MCP-compatible client such as Claude Code, Codex, or JetBrains IDEs.

Use cases

give my coding agent IDE-level semantic code tools
enable cross-file renames and reference lookups for an AI agent
connect a language server to Claude Code via MCP
make my LLM agent work reliably in large codebases
semantic code search and editing for AI agents
set up an MCP server for coding assistance
refactor code with an AI agent without fragile text edits

When to choose

you use an MCP-compatible coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI) and want symbol-level code understanding
you work in large or multi-language codebases where text-based agent edits are error-prone
you want faster, more reliable refactoring and navigation from your AI assistant

When to avoid

you don't use AI coding agents or MCP clients
you need a standalone IDE rather than agent tooling
you only work in tiny projects where simple grep-based agent tools suffice

Facets

library · maturity active

mcp agent-framework developer-tools search-engine parser developer-tools large-language-models programming-languages python cross-platform cli mcp-server coding-agent semantic-code-tools language-server-protocol refactoring code-retrieval ide-tools vibe-coding ai-agents

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/oraios/serena · fetched 2026-08-28 · 74265a5162b0
homepage: https://oraios.github.io/serena · fetched 2026-08-29 · a1b369e1d44c

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
oraios/serena	main	85

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="oraios/serena")

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