code-index

Name: code-index Review
Item: code-index
Rating: 3.1
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Reduces onboarding time and context-switching costs by enabling semantic search across large codebases.

Semantic code search powered by embeddings. CLI, web dashboard, and AI-agent tooling — search code by meaning, not text. Self-hosted, Go server with embedded llama.cpp.

Ask Claude to find authentication logic across your codebase using semantic search.
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Automate discovery of error handling implementations across multiple services and languages.

25 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Reduces onboarding time and context-switching costs by enabling semantic search across large codebases. Teams locate relevant code by intent rather than syntax, accelerating refactoring, debugging, and feature development without external dependencies.

Best for

Engineering teams managing large monorepos or microservices needing fast code discovery without relying on cloud-based search services.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/dvcdsys/code-index

By dvcdsys

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install dvcdsys/code-index

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Find authentication logic across my codebase using semantic search

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars25Contributors3Last updated2026-07-25LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-07-25 · scanner v1

Community Pulse Active

Discussed on Hacker News, Reddit

We told our intern to tidy up his code and not write everything into the index.p — Reddit · 2882 pts
I analyzed ~2TB of code to build an index of the most common words in programmin — Reddit · 2767 pts
Genuine question, How many people do you think 'martyred' while taking off Index — Reddit · 1678 pts

3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 25 GitHub stars; 3 contributors; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

Things to check

Scanned, not hands-on tested — this entry was auto-scanned from public metadata (GitHub metrics, license, security flags). No reviewer has run it, and no tool-specific limitations have been documented yet.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

4/5

Security

4/5

Overall score3.15 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJul 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 25 GitHub stars; 3 contributors; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

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