I built an open-source tool that reverse-engineers any GitHub repo in 10 seconds
You know that feeling when you join a new project or want to contribute to an open-source repo, and you spend the first two days just trying to figure out where everything is? I did. Every single time. Clone the repo. Open the files. Stare at 47 folders. Wonder which one actually matters. Grep for the entry point. Follow imports down a rabbit hole. Give up and ask someone. That's not learning. That's just wasted time. So I built CodeAutopsy. What it does Paste any GitHub URL. That's it. CodeAutopsy clones the repo, parses every file into an AST (Abstract Syntax Tree), traces every import and dependency, and gives you: An interactive dependency graph showing exactly what imports what The entry points — where execution actually starts A blast radius map — click any file and instantly see everything that breaks if you change it An AI-generated architectural summary explaining what the codebase does, how it's structured, and how to get started Live Health Telemetry: An Edge API that generates a live SVG health badge (A to F grade). Drop the markdown in your README once. Every time you refactor and re-scan, your badge updates everywhere instantly. My own CodeAutopsy repo just hit 99/100. Drop the markdown snippet once and forget about it. What used to take days now takes about 10 seconds. The real problem it solves Every developer has been here: You're onboarding at a new job. The codebase has 200 files. Your tech lead says "just read the code." You spend a week feeling lost. You want to contribute to an open-source project. The repo has no architecture docs. You don't know where to start. You're doing a code review on a PR that touches 15 files. You have no idea what the blast radius of those changes is. CodeAutopsy solves all three. The interesting engineering problems The hardest part wasn't the AST parsing — it was keeping it serverless without hitting Vercel's 504 timeout limits, while making the AI analysis feel instant. The Serverless Timeout Hack: Doing AST extra