Launch HN: Codebuff (YC F24) – CLI tool that writes code for you
Hey HN! We’re James and Brandon building Codebuff ( https://codebuff.com ). Codebuff is like Cursor Composer, but in your terminal: it modifies files based on your natural language requests. You can try it with `npm i -g codebuff` and start using it immediately for free. We have no login gate, and we give all accounts up to $20 worth of credits. Codebuff is different because we simplified the input to one step: you type what you want done in your terminal and hit enter. Then Codebuff looks through your whole codebase and makes the edits it wants, to existing source files or new ones. It also can run your tests, the type checker, or install packages to fulfill your request. Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ0NOMsu0dA It all started at a hackathon. I was trying out Sonnet 3.5 which had recently come out and seeing if I could use it to write code. The sc
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Hey HN! We’re James and Brandon building Codebuff ( https://codebuff.com ). Codebuff is like Cursor Composer, but in your terminal: it modifies files based on your natural language requests. You can try it with `npm i -g codebuff` and start using it immediately for free
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- jahooma
- Ended
- 2024
- Source
- hackernews