Show HN: Open Kioku – local evidence layer for AI coding agents

Category: devtools

Tags: ai-agents, code-indexing, mcp-server, developer-tools, rust

Score: 7.8/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Open Kioku provides a local, MCP-compatible evidence layer for AI coding agents, enabling them to index codebases and retrieve context, references, impact analysis, and test candidates before making edits. It integrates with multiple agents like Claude, Cursor, and Codex, and offers a novel pre-edit planning workflow that reduces token waste and improves edit accuracy.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/shivyadavus/open-kioku · Rust · NOASSERTION · 3 stars

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