#1515th of 52 in MCP servers for developers
jcodemunch-mcp
MCP server that returns code by symbol using tree-sitter indexing
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- Stars
- 2.8k
- License
- custom license
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- Python
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Overview
jCodeMunch indexes a repository locally with tree-sitter (70+ languages) and exposes MCP tools such as search_symbols and get_symbol_source, so agents fetch single functions instead of whole files. It also provides structural queries like find_importers, get_blast_radius and check_edit_safe. On the project's pinned benchmark (express, fastapi, gin) it used 29.2x fewer tokens than a grep-and-read baseline.
Who it is for: Developers using coding agents on large repos who want lower token spend
Strengths
- Symbol-level retrieval with byte offsets; README benchmark shows 96.6% fewer tokens than grep-and-read
- Structural tools grep lacks: find_importers, get_blast_radius, find_dead_code, check_edit_safe
- Local index in ~/.code-index/; works with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex CLI, Windsurf
- Benchmark harness, pinned commits and methodology are published for reproduction
Weaknesses
- License is dual-use: free for personal use, commercial use needs a paid license
- Gains are small for edits needing whole-file context; README lists ~0% savings there
- Agent must be told to prefer the tools (CLAUDE.md line), or it keeps reading files
- Sends an anonymous savings counter by default; opt out with share_savings: false
What it needs
- no GPU
- Docker + Compose
- Needs Python, uv, pipx or pip, tree-sitter-language-pack
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