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Anshika Shukla
Anshika Shukla

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I Built an AI Ghost That Brings Dead Codebases Back to Life 👻

👻 Meet REPOREVENANT — Bringing Dead Codebases Back to Life!

Ever opened an unfamiliar or abandoned GitHub repository and struggled to understand how it works?

That's the problem I wanted to solve with REPOREVENANT!

🚀 What does it do?

REPOREVENANT analyzes GitHub repositories using source code, commit history, and documentation to help developers understand and revive old projects.

✨ Key Features

  • Repository file and commit analysis.
  • AI-powered Ghost Chat for asking questions about code.
  • Evidence-backed answers with file and commit references.
  • Detection of unresolved TODOs and potential issues.
  • Proposed code repairs with a goal of safe sandbox testing.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Next.js, React, TypeScript, Node.js, Express.

🔗 Check it out!

🚧 Currently working on real LLM integration and sandbox-based code repairs.

I'd love to hear your feedback!

What would you ask the ghost of an abandoned codebase? 👻

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