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Code intelligence system with semantic search. Version 0.9.23 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04.

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macOS

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overview

Package summary

Code intelligence system with semantic search

Commands and aliases

  • codanna

history

Project history and usage

Codanna is a Rust-based local code intelligence CLI and MCP server for AI coding agents. It indexes code, tracks relationships, and provides semantic search over code and documents.

Project history

The official docs say Codanna came from a need for rapid research and pair-programming exploration where LSP servers were too slow for repeated questions. Its README positions it as code context for AI assistants, with structured symbol lookup, relationship tracing, and semantic search.

Adoption history

Codanna is distributed through its own installer, Homebrew, Cargo, Nix, and GitHub releases. Its packaging matters because AI coding-agent users often need a small local binary that can be installed in developer shells and spawned as an MCP server.

How it is used

A typical workflow is to run codanna init, index a project, then query via CLI or MCP tools such as semantic_search_with_context. Configuration lives in .codanna/settings.toml, while embedding API keys are intentionally environment-only.

Why package nerds care

Codanna is part of the recent wave of package-manager-installed AI-agent support tools: local-first, Rust binary distribution, MCP integration, and semantic indexing without requiring a hosted code-search service.

Timeline

  • 2026: Official releases include prebuilt Linux, macOS, and Windows assets.
  • 2026: v0.9.23 is documented as a resolver precision release with MCP and indexing changes.

Related projects

  • Language servers, ripgrep-style code search, vector embedding services, and MCP clients are adjacent tools in Codanna workflows.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for codanna. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
.codanna/settings.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
codannacliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-07
manager version0.9.23
manager updated2026-07-04
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.9.23

https://github.com/bartolli/codanna

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:codanna
Version0.9.23
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/codanna
Homepagehttps://docs.codanna.sh/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/bartolli/codanna
Upstream docshttps://docs.codanna.sh/
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/bartolli/codanna/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.23.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-04T03:25:52Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenssl@3
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecodanna
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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  • strands-agents-sopsShares av.db curated category or tags: ai-agents, cli, developer-tools, mcp.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment