About srcnav

Why srcnav?

I kept going in circles trying to build and debug codebases. I tried a coding agent for the first time and tried to give it a real-world project. It wasn't able to tackle it in a timely manner.

The problem wasn't the AI — it was the tools. The AI could only use grep, which returns thousands of text matches for every query. It couldn't understand code structure, find actual definitions, or trace dependencies.

So I built srcnav. A tool that gives AI agents the code understanding they need to actually be useful.

Our Mission

srcnav exists because AI coding agents need more than just text search. They need to understand code structure — where functions are defined, what depends on what, and what will break when something changes.

Traditional tools like grep are great for humans, but they return thousands of matches for simple queries. srcnav provides precise, semantic code navigation that enables AI agents to make informed decisions about code changes.

The Solution

srcnav indexes your codebase once, then provides millisecond-speed queries that understand code structure:

Open Source

srcnav is open source. We believe code navigation tools should be accessible to everyone.