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CodeChat

CodeChat is a web-based application designed to facilitate insightful interactions between users and their code repositories. By leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies, CodeChat provides intelligent summaries and detailed explanations, engaging users in a conversational interface that demystifies complex codebases.

Overview

The app integrates the Express framework within a Node.js environment, utilizing MongoDB for data persistence. For UI elegance and interactivity, Bootstrap is employed. The core functionality is built around OpenAI's powerful language models, enabling the app to generate concise text summaries and interactive Q&A sessions about a user's code repository.

Features

  • Submits GitHub repository URLs and email addresses for processing
  • Clones GitHub repositories and communicates with OpenAI API to generate summaries
  • Provides interactive explanations of code via a unique link, offering insights into repositories
  • Utilizes Sendgrid for email notifications upon the completion of repository analysis
  • Proffers a unique and engaging way to understand and engage with one's programming projects

Getting started

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • MongoDB
  • A Sendgrid account for email services
  • An OpenAI API key for natural language processing

Quickstart

  1. Ensure that MongoDB is running on your system.
  2. Clone the repository to your local machine.
  3. Install node modules by running npm install.
  4. Set up the necessary environment variables in an .env file.
  5. Start the application with npm start, and navigate to localhost:3001 on your web browser.

License

Copyright (c) 2024.