muvon/octocode

Overview

A semantic code searcher and codebase utility written in Rust. It indexes codebases and enables natural language queries to find relevant code snippets.

Best for

Best for
Developers who need to quickly navigate and understand large or unfamiliar codebases

Use cases

• Searching large codebases with natural language queries
• Understanding unfamiliar code by querying its functionality
• Finding code patterns or implementations across a project

How to use

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Muvon/octocode/master/install.sh | sh

Tools exposed

• semantic_search
• view_signatures
• structural_search
• lsp_goto_definition
• lsp_find_references
• lsp_hover

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue, VS Code, ChatGPT

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "octocode": {\n      "command": "octocode",\n      "args": ["mcp", "--path", "/your/project"]\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

A semantic code searcher and codebase utility written in Rust. It indexes codebases and enables natural language queries to find relevant code snippets.

389 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-29. Licensed Apache-2.0.

Use cases

• Searching large codebases with natural language queries
• Understanding unfamiliar code by querying its functionality
• Finding code patterns or implementations across a project

Pros

• Fast search performance due to Rust implementation
• Semantic understanding reduces manual grep-like searches
• Open source with active community (389 stars)

Cons

• Requires indexing step before searching
• Limited to codebases that can be indexed locally
• May not handle very large monorepos efficiently

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