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ripwire
Code-context CLI giving coding agents a ranked call graph and edit checks
- Stars
- 2.5k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- C++
1 on 28 Jul 20262,462 on 20 Oct 2026
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Overview
ripwire is a single C++23 binary that indexes a repository into a deterministic, ranked call graph and answers orientation questions (`ripwire .`, `--for`, `--callers`, `--path`, `--recall`). On edits it reports blast radius, tests that reach the change, and quality regressions via `--edit-check` and `--quality-delta`. The installer also writes skills for agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini, opencode and aider; an MCP server is optional.
Who it is for: Developers running coding agents on large repos who want cheaper context
Strengths
- Single offline binary with no runtime dependencies, API key, embeddings or daemon
- Indexes this repo in 0.25 s using 6.6 MB, per its own benchmark
- Answers disclose truncation, label floors, and give a next= to recover cut rows
- Covers about 25 languages and installs skills for seven agent CLIs in one line
Weaknesses
- Benchmarks and the field report are the authors' own, not independent measurements
- Contract checker arity heuristic over-counts on defaulted trailing parameters
- Plain grep can still win on broad, common-word conceptual queries
- MCP server schemas consume agent context every session; CLI is the preferred route
What it needs
- no GPU
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