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Repomix

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Packs your entire repository into a single, AI-friendly file — ideal for handing an LLM or chat model the whole codebase at once.

Repomix walks your repository and writes it into a single, AI-readable file (XML, Markdown or plain text). It respects .gitignore, counts tokens per file and in total, and can optionally compress the code via Tree-sitter to save space. A built-in secret check (Secretlint) warns about credentials accidentally packed in. Besides local folders it can process remote repos, runs without installation via npx, is available as a web tool at repomix.com and can be attached to agents as an MCP server.

🔧 SETUP

  1. No installation: run `npx repomix@latest` in the project folder
  2. Install globally: `npm install -g repomix` (or `yarn global add repomix`)
  3. Result: a single file (e.g. `repomix-output.xml`) — paste it whole into ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini
  4. Online with no setup: repomix.com; optionally as an MCP server for agents

✅ WHEN TO USE IT?

Handing a whole codebase to a chat model

One `npx repomix` produces a file you paste in full into Claude/ChatGPT — instead of copying file by file.

Keeping an eye on the token budget

Repomix counts tokens per file and overall and respects .gitignore so only what matters gets in.

⛔ WHEN NOT TO?

An agent with its own file search

A coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor) reads files on demand — a packed all-in-one file is then often needlessly large.

Better: Let the agent work directly in the repo; for targeted context use Serena or Graphify.

A very large monorepo

The whole repo can blow past the context window — even with compression.

Better: Use include/ignore filters to pack only the relevant folders.

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