io.github.Jhackman2019/codebase-context-mcp
Codebase indexing and search via WASM tree-sitter. Works on ARM64 and x86_64.
Installation
Ajoutez ceci à la configuration MCP de votre client (Claude Desktop : claude_desktop_config.json ; Cursor : .cursor/mcp.json ; VS Code et les autres utilisent la même forme « mcpServers »).
codebase-context-mcpclaude mcp add codebase-context-mcp -- npx -y codebase-context-mcp@1.0.1
{
"mcpServers": {
"codebase-context-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"codebase-context-mcp@1.0.1"
]
}
}
}
Documentation
Tirée du README du projet sur GitHub, actualisée chaque semaine. Les liens ouvrent GitHub.
Sommaire
codebase-context-mcp
MCP server for codebase indexing and search that works on every platform — including ARM64 devices like Raspberry Pi and Apple Silicon where most alternatives fail.
The Problem
Popular codebase-indexing MCP servers like @zilliz/claude-context-mcp depend on native C++ bindings (tree-sitter, faiss-node) that ship pre-built binaries only for x86_64. If you're on ARM64 — a Raspberry Pi, Apple Silicon Mac, AWS Graviton, or any other arm64 host — npm install fails with missing prebuilts and no fallback. There's no workaround short of cross-compiling the native modules yourself.
The Solution
This package replaces every native dependency with a WASM equivalent. The tree-sitter parser runs as WebAssembly, search uses a pure-JS BM25 implementation, and the index is stored as plain JSON. Zero native bindings means npm install succeeds on the first try on any architecture: ARM64, x86_64, macOS, Linux, Windows.
Drop-in compatible — provides the same core tools (index, search, outline, summary) via the standard MCP stdio transport.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
index_codebase | Parse a directory into symbols/chunks, cache as JSON |
search_symbols | Find functions, classes, types by name or pattern |
search_code | BM25 full-text search across indexed files |
get_file_outline | File structure: functions, classes, imports, exports with line numbers |
get_project_summary | Tech stack, file counts by language, directory structure |
Supported Languages
TypeScript, TSX, JavaScript, Python, C#, VB.NET, XML, CSS, JSON
Install
Claude Code (recommended)
claude mcp add codebase-context -s user -- npx codebase-context-mcp
Or from a local clone:
git clone https://github.com/Jhackman2019/codebase-context-mcp.git
cd codebase-context-mcp
npm install && npm run build
claude mcp add codebase-context -s user -- node /path/to/codebase-context-mcp/dist/index.js
MCP Settings (JSON)
{
"mcpServers": {
"codebase-context": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["codebase-context-mcp"]
}
}
}
How It Works
- Parsing:
web-tree-sitter(WASM) — same AST quality as native tree-sitter, runs on any architecture - Search: BM25 text ranking (pure JS) + symbol name matching
- Storage: JSON file index at
~/.codebase-context-mcp/<project-hash>.json - Transport: MCP stdio via
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk - Incremental: Files with unchanged content hash are skipped on re-index
Safety Limits
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Max files | 20,000 |
| Max file size | 512KB |
| Default ignores | node_modules, .git, dist, build, .venv, binaries, lock files |
| .gitignore | Respected (root level) |
Development
npm install
npm run build # Build with tsup
npm run dev # Watch mode
npm start # Run the server
License
MIT
Questions fréquentes
Qu'est-ce que io.github.Jhackman2019/codebase-context-mcp ?
Codebase indexing and search via WASM tree-sitter. Works on ARM64 and x86_64.
Comment installer io.github.Jhackman2019/codebase-context-mcp ?
Il s'exécute sur votre machine. Dans Claude Code : claude mcp add codebase-context-mcp -- npx -y codebase-context-mcp@1.0.1. Pour les autres clients, collez la configuration JSON de cette page dans leurs réglages MCP.
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io.github.Jhackman2019/codebase-context-mcp est-il open source ?
Oui. Son code est sur GitHub sous licence MIT.
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