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1. git-code-debt

   1 1 621 5.5 Python

   A dashboard for monitoring code debt in a git repository.

   

2. Kargo

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3. drift

   2 1 14 9.9 Python

   Claude Code plugin that tells your agent when it is about to build something that already exists. Two-line install, no dependencies, answers in under 100 ms. Also a standalone static analyzer for structural drift. (by mick-gsk)

   

   Project mention: Show HN: Drift – Catching architectural erosion from AI-assisted coding | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-25

4. nikui

   3 1 11 9.1 Python

   Find code hotspots before they find you — LLM + static analysis + Git churn

   

   Project mention: Show HN: Nikui – An LLM-Powered "Stench Guard" for Your CI/CD | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-09

5. devtime

   4 1 11 7.9 Python

   Local-first Engineering Intelligence for software repositories.

   

   Project mention: Give your coding agent memory it can trust | dev.to | 2026-07-05

6. dbt-debt

   5 1 4 8.7 Python

   A technical-debt scorecard for dbt projects on BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, and Databricks. Finds unused models, columns, orphaned tables, and undeclared sources from query history. Reports only, never modifies your data.

   

   Project mention: Show HN: Technical-debt score for dbt projects on Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-13

7. tech-debt

   6 1 3 0.0 Python

   Technical debt happens when low code quality slows new developments : you have to pay time interests. TechDebt allows you to quantify and track your technical debt.

   

8. agentic-tech-debt

   7 2 1 - Python

   AI Plugin & Agent Skills to catch tech debt as it's written. Works with any agent. Any codebase. Backed by two decades of research.

   

   Project mention: The Tech Debt Nobody Wrote Down | dev.to | 2026-06-18

   The catch is that nothing writes that entry unless someone remembers to, and at machine speed nobody will. That's the one thing debt-ops automates: it hooks your agent and writes each deferred decision to a file in the repo, outside the agent's own account of how the session went, where a person or a script can read it later, at github.com/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt.

9. AppSignal

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   AppSignal knows why the f*#k it crashed. Stop vibe-debugging. Every exception, every backtrace, grouped so you see patterns, not noise.

   

10. git-habits

    8 1 1 5.2 Python

    Measure refactoring, duplication and churn from your own git history. Compare any two periods — for example, before and after your team adopted AI coding tools. Runs entirely locally; no code leaves your machine.

    

    Project mention: Measure your own coding habits before you believe anyone else's numbers | dev.to | 2026-08-05

    git clone https://github.com/uxdw/git-habits && cd git-habits python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -e . # no idea when your habits changed? most people do not git-habits detect --repo /your/repo --author "you@example.com" # then compare either side of the date it suggests git-habits compare --repo /your/repo --author "you@example.com" --split 2026-04-13

11. RepoDoctor

    9 1 0 6.7 Python

    🩺 AI-powered repository health analysis tool. Automated code quality checks, bloat detection, onboa rding guides, and security audits using GitHub Copilot CLI. Zero configuration required.

    

    Project mention: 🏥 RepoDoctor - AI-Powered Repository Health Analysis with GitHub Copilot CLI | dev.to | 2026-02-12

    GitHub Repository: https://github.com/k1lgor/RepoDoctor

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