aicodeprep-gui

Detailed Introduction

aicodeprep-gui is a developer-focused desktop application designed to quickly extract and export the most relevant code snippets and project context for pasting into chat models or agent workflows. It is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux), offers both a native GUI and a CLI (aicp), and can smartly pre-select files based on project configuration to reduce noise and manual selection.

Main Features

• Native desktop GUI built with PySide6, with light/dark mode and file previews.
• Command-line entry aicp to open and export context from terminal.
• Smart file selection via .aicodeprep-gui or aicodeprep-gui.toml using gitignore-like patterns.
• Export options: copy to clipboard or write to fullcode.txt for easy pasting into model inputs.

Use Cases

• Prepare high signal-to-noise code context when collaborating with large language models (LLM, Large Language Model) or online chat assistants.
• Serve as a preprocessor for AI agents or IDE automation plugins to avoid feeding irrelevant files to models.
• Generate reusable context bundles for audits, code reviews, or cross-machine collaboration.

Technical Characteristics

• Cross-platform: implemented in Python + PySide6, packaged for macOS, Windows, and major Linux distributions.
• Fast startup: uses lazy-loading to skip huge directories (e.g., node_modules) during scanning.
• Extensible: supports custom prompt templates, presets, and export options to integrate with any text-based model or agent.
• See frontmatter links for the open-source repository and homepage; the project uses a sustainable license with modification allowed but redistribution restricted.