Repowise provides codebase intelligence with health scoring, generated docs, git analytics, dead code detection, and architectural decisions via MCP tools. It runs locally, offering a ten-tool MCP suite and a local dashboard.
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What it is
repowise is a codebase intelligence tool that indexes a repository to provide a defect-validated health score, change-risk scoring on PRs, and a local dashboard. It exposes ten MCP tools to integrate with various agents and editors, enabling tasks over files or symbols without requiring API keys or cloud services.
How it works
The index computes five layers (Graph, Git, Docs, Decisions, Code health) from the repository in a single pass and keeps them synchronized on every commit. It supports generating a wiki per module/file, incremental rebuilds, and a hybrid search. The Code health layer uses 25 deterministic markers across three lenses (defect risk, maintainability, performance) to score files from 1-10 and suggest concrete refactoring like Extract Class or Move Method. The system emphasizes local operation (no API key, all local) and zero LLM usage in indexing.
Getting started
From README:
repowise init --no-prose
repowise distill <cmd>
repowise health
repowise health --refactoring-targets
There are instructions for viewing the local dashboard at localhost:3000 and generating wiki pages from the index.
Recent releases
Latest releases:
- v0.38.0 (2026-08-04): features measuring vocabulary overlap across orientation pages; retired page ids keep resolv
- v0.37.0 (2026-07-29): add --no-editor-setup to skip global MCP/hook registration; scope Stats page
- v0.36.0 (2026-07-25): cleaner docs nav; data-driven TOML output filters
- v0.35.0 (2026-07-24): UI bug-fix rendering improvements; restore numbers emphasis
- v0.34.0 (2026-07-20): vscode release; overlap knowledge-graph enrichment
Traction
GitHub stars: 4655 (as provided). Other numbers: forks 516, open_issues 100. Language Python. License AGPL-3.0.
Behind the repo
Not provided in the excerpt beyond project hosting and MCP tooling references. No company-specific details are included.
Caveats
License: AGPL-3.0. Created 2026-03-23; last_push 2026-08-04. Open issues: 100.






