Repowise
Open-source code repository intelligence platformCode health, risk, and architecture insight for repos
Highlights
What you can do with it
- A developer checks the health score and change risk before editing code.
- A team lead spots hidden couplings and adjusts the development plan.
- Security staff use CVE checks to find and fix real vulnerabilities.
How to use it
- 1 Visit the Repowise website and browse supported public repositories without logging in.
- 2 Register and log in if you want more functions.
- 3 After logging in, get 10 evidence-based answers per month from the indexed repository.
- 4 Use code health scoring and change risk analysis to review the codebase.
- 5 Explore Git history, architecture views, and decision data as needed.
Who it is for
Pros
- Open-source version is free under the AGPL 3.0 license.
- Concrete scores for health and change risk help prioritize work.
- Reachability-aware CVE checks focus on real, not theoretical, risk.
- Docs and architecture views rebuild automatically as code changes.
Limitations
- The free offer covers the open-source version; paid hosting and enterprise plans exist.
- Setting up and reading the scores and models takes some learning.
- Scores are aids, not guarantees, so you still need to review code yourself.
- As an early-stage project, features and support can change over time.
What Repowise is
Repowise is an open-source intelligence platform for code repositories. It turns a repository into verifiable information about its architecture, health, history, and decisions, so developers and AI agents can understand and work with the code more efficiently. The open-source version can be used for free under the AGPL 3.0 license, and paid hosting and enterprise versions are also available. It offers tools such as code health scoring, change risk analysis, security scanning, automatic documentation, and architecture visualization through the C4 model. It is designed to help teams and AI tools grasp the overall picture of a codebase as repositories grow more complex.
What you can do with it
- Score the health of each file on a 1 to 10 scale and locate problem code.
- Get a change risk score from 0 to 10 for any commit or pull request before you change code.
- Run reachability-aware CVE checks on the dependency graph to find real security risks.
- Generate documentation that rebuilds automatically as the code updates.
- Explore Git history for hotspots, ownership, hidden couplings, and bus factors.
Who it is for
- Developers who use tools like Claude Code or Cursor and want queryable repository context.
- Development teams that need a shared repository index to align understanding.
- Team leads and engineering leaders who want to spot risky changes and hidden coupling.
- Security staff who need to judge vulnerability risk from actual code usage.
What to watch out for
The open-source version is free under AGPL 3.0, but paid hosting and enterprise plans exist, so the free terms apply to the open-source offering and may differ from hosted features. Setting up and interpreting scores and models takes some learning, so it is not a plug-and-play tool for everyone. Results such as health and risk scores are aids, not guarantees, so you should still review code yourself. Because it is an early-stage open-source project, features and support can change as the project develops.
FAQ
Is Repowise free?
The open-source version is free under the AGPL 3.0 license; paid hosting and enterprise plans are also available.
Do I need an account?
You can browse public repositories without logging in, but an account is needed for more functions.
What does the change risk score mean?
It gives a 0 to 10 defect risk score for a commit or pull request to warn of potential problems before you change code.
How does it help AI agents?
It provides ten MCP tools that give AI agents real repository context for more accurate code tasks.
Why it is free
What the official page says： for free
Free limits, trial length and features are decided by the official site and can change at any time.
Product preview
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