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CLI tool to convert your codebase into a single LLM prompt. Version 4.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
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overview
Package summary
CLI tool to convert your codebase into a single LLM prompt
Project links
Commands and aliases
- code2prompt
history
Project history and usage
Code2Prompt is a Rust-based CLI and companion ecosystem for turning a source tree into structured context for large language models. Its niche is the practical developer workflow of packaging repository files, source trees, token counts, templates, and git context into one promptable artifact.
Project history
The public GitHub repository was created on 2024-03-09, and the first tagged 1.0.0 release followed on 2024-03-16. The official README describes the project as a CLI for converting a codebase into a single LLM prompt, while later project materials frame it as a broader context-engineering tool with a Rust core library, CLI/TUI, Python SDK, and MCP server.
By the 2025 release line, the project had moved beyond a single command into a small tooling family around local code ingestion: respecting ignore rules, generating source trees, applying Handlebars templates, counting tokens, reading formats such as notebooks and CSV, and including git diffs or logs.
Adoption history
The official README documents Cargo, Homebrew, binary-release, and Python SDK installation paths, and the input package facts also list Homebrew and Nix packaging. That distribution pattern is typical for Rust CLIs that serve both terminal users and automation workflows.
The repository metadata gathered from GitHub showed several thousand stars and hundreds of forks by the enrichment date, which is notable for a project started in 2024 and consistent with the rapid spread of LLM-context utilities among developers.
How it is used
Typical use is running `code2prompt .` against a project directory, optionally writing to a file or clipboard, filtering paths, using a `.c2pconfig` TOML file, and selecting output formats or tokenizers. The official docs state that Code2Prompt looks for `.c2pconfig` in the current working directory and applies its rules automatically.
The project also targets agentic and programmatic usage: the README describes a Python SDK and local MCP server alongside the human-oriented CLI and TUI.
Why package nerds care
Code2Prompt is a representative package from the post-2023 wave of small, fast CLIs built to bridge traditional repositories and LLM context windows. Package maintainers care about it because it sits at the intersection of Rust CLI distribution, language-model workflow automation, and cross-registry publishing through Cargo, Homebrew, Nix, PyPI bindings, and binary releases.
Its significance is less about a long legacy and more about crystallizing a new packaging pattern: a native CLI with a core library, optional SDK bindings, and editor or agent-adjacent surfaces.
Timeline
- 2024-03-09: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2024-03-16: v1.0.0 release published.
- 2024: Homebrew and Cargo installation documented in the official README.
- 2025: v3 and v4 release lines published, reflecting continued active development.
Related projects
- Related tools include other repository-to-prompt utilities, code ingestion CLIs, and agent-context servers. Within the project itself, related components include `code2prompt-core`, the `code2prompt` CLI/TUI, the `code2prompt-rs` Python SDK, and the MCP server described in the official README.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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.
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Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
.c2pconfig
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
code2prompt | cli | global 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version4.2.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv4.2.0
https://github.com/mufeedvh/code2prompt
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:code2prompt |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.2.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/code2prompt |
| Homepage | https://code2prompt.dev/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/mufeedvh/code2prompt |
| Upstream docs | https://code2prompt.dev/docs/how_to/cli |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/mufeedvh/code2prompt/archive/refs/tags/v4.2.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:03:03-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | openssl@3 |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | code2prompt |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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.
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View the package source record on GitHub.
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
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment