Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Does GitNexus use paid AI services?

Can use OpenRouter or Anthropic. Its settings have keys for these paid APIs. Its README says whether one is required.

Is GitNexus still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v1.6.13-rc.219, yesterday.

Can I trust GitNexus?

Widely used. 48k stars, 1 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to install GitNexus on macOS (abhigyanpatwari/GitNexus) · gitmanual

How to install on macOS

abhigyanpatwari/GitNexus

GitNexus: The Zero-Server Code Intelligence Engine

Node.js

Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Paid AI services?: Can use OpenRouter or AnthropicIts settings have keys for these paid APIs. Its README says whether one is required.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v1.6.13-rc.219, yesterday.
Can I trust it?: Widely used48k stars, 1 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 48,432
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 4 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

The README gives a npm install for macOS.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗gitnexus.vercel.appThe project's own site.

Also: In the browser ↗

Heads-upBuilding it yourself? It also needs 11 settings in .env (1 secret).

Install with a package manager

npm

npm install -g gitnexus

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js 22runtime
1×npm package manager

11× settings in .env

SERVER_IMAGE
WEB_IMAGE
SERVER_CONTAINER_NAME
WEB_CONTAINER_NAME
SERVER_HOST_PORT
WEB_HOST_PORT
WORKSPACE_DIRoptional
OPENROUTER_API_KEYsecret
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYsecretoptional
ZHIPUAI_API_KEYsecretoptional
MINIMAX_API_KEYsecretoptional

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Good to know

Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: .github/claude-canary-runtime/package.json, .github/gitnexus-review-runtime/package.json, .github/scripts/triage/requirements.txt, eval/pyproject.toml and 11 more

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Open issues: 288
Branch: main

package.json scripts (7)

preparehusky
formatprettier --write .
format:checkprettier --check .
linteslint .
lint:fixeslint --fix .
gitnexus:refreshgitnexus analyze --embeddings --skills
gitnexus:fullgitnexus analyze --force --embeddings --skills

Files we read (14)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.env.example

.github/workflows/build-tree-sitter-prebuilds.yml

.github/workflows/ci-devcontainer.yml

.github/workflows/ci-e2e.yml

.github/workflows/ci-quality.yml

.github/workflows/ci-report.yml

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

docker-compose.yaml

eval/.env.example

gitnexus/.env.example

package.json

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