Kapi Lite

Your AI-Powered Development Companion

Code smarter, build faster, learn deeper

Vision

Kapi Lite is a simple light weight version of our main product, that is aimed at revolutionizing the way developers interact with their code. By bringing advanced AI capabilities directly into your development workflow, we want to create a more intuitive, efficient, and enlightening coding experience. Think of it as having a senior developer, technical architect, and coding mentor - all rolled into one intelligent companion.

🌟 Key Features

• Intelligent Code Reviews: Get instant, AI-powered code reviews that go beyond syntax - understanding context, patterns, and potential improvements
• Real-time Development Assistance: Interactive chat interface for immediate help with coding questions, debugging, and architecture decisions
• Local-First Architecture: Your code stays on your machine, with secure, privacy-focused AI integration
• Cross-Platform Support: Seamlessly works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Smart Context Understanding: Analyzes your codebase to provide relevant, contextual suggestions

Quick Start

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Start the application: npm start

🔒 Privacy & Security

Kapi Lite is built with a privacy-first approach:

• All code analysis happens locally on your machine
• Selective code sharing with AI - you control what gets shared
• No data storage or collection
• Open source and transparent

Technical Implementation

Code Review System

The code review functionality is integrated directly into the Chat interface for a seamless experience:

1. Trigger via Chat Command:

   • Start with CodeReview: (case insensitive)
   • Add your review request
   • Example: CodeReview: Check for security vulnerabilities in my authentication code

2. Directory Selection:

   • Select directories for analysis
   • Automatic filtering of non-code files
   • Smart context gathering

3. AI Analysis:

   • Comprehensive code review
   • Actionable improvement suggestions
   • Pattern recognition and best practices

Architecture

Directory Permission System

1. Permission Collection

   • User-selected directory analysis
   • Persistent permission management
   • Intuitive permission UI

2. Security Layer

   • Validated file operations
   • Protected system directories
   • Secure access patterns

File System Integration

1. Smart Scanning

   • Recursive directory analysis
   • .gitignore respect
   • Quick access indexing

2. Content Analysis

   • Structure extraction
   • Complexity analysis
   • Change detection

LLM Integration

1. Processing Pipeline

   • Contextual bundling
   • Smart prompt generation
   • Efficient API integration

2. Result Presentation

   • Inline suggestions
   • Actionable feedback
   • User interaction system

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Whether it's:

• 🐛 Bug fixes
• ✨ New features
• 📚 Documentation
• 🎨 UI/UX improvements

Check our Contributing Guidelines to get started.

Built with ❤️ by the Kapi IDE Team

Making development more intuitive, one line at a time.