Parecode

Name: Parecode
Author: BasilSkyWalk

by BasilSkyWalkversion 0.7.0i★ 5iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.BasilSkyWalk/parecode

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Token-aware ripgrep code search and atomic multi-file edits for coding agents.

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UsageiVery new↓ 69/wk · ★ 5

What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Developer tools

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 2 of 2 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parecode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "parecode"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add parecode -- npx -y parecode

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parecode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "parecode"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "parecode": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "parecode"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

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Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

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Claude Goose LM Studio Msty Studio Cherry Studio Cursor VS Code + GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Windsurf (Devin Desktop)Zed Kiro Cline Continue JetBrains AI Assistant Claude Code Codex CLI Gemini CLI OpenCode nodecode Warp LibreChat Raycast

All apps, with pros and cons →

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 10, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account BasilSkyWalk, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
Code last changed 2 months ago
… Not checked yet
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We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Developer toolsi

More stars than 84% of the other 5729 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 17% of the other 5729 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5729 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Parecode safe?

It passed 2 of 2 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed 2 months ago, and the latest version (0.7.0) reached the registry 5 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: REA, Netdata, Front-End Checklist

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README from the maker

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parecode

An MCP server that gives coding agents context-window-aware search and safe, atomic multi-file edits — built to cut token usage on large codebases without giving up correctness.

Requirements

Node.js 20 or newer (ESM, native test runner, stable fetch-free runtime).
[ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) on PATH (rg on Linux/macOS, rg.exe on Windows). Install via your package manager:
macOS: brew install ripgrep
Debian/Ubuntu: apt install ripgrep
Windows: winget install BurntSushi.ripgrep.MSVC or choco install ripgrep
A supported MCP client (Claude Code is the reference target).

Parecode does not bundle ripgrep — it shells out to the system binary so you stay on a single, audited version.

Install

npm install -g parecode

Pure JavaScript — no native dependencies, no C/C++ toolchain required.

Quick start

parecode init                       # user scope; installs MCP + SessionStart hook + parecode-explore plugin (defaults)

parecode init --scope project # commit MCP config + hook to the repo parecode init --no-hook # register MCP only; skip the SessionStart hook parecode init --no-plugin # skip the parecode-explore Claude Code plugin parecode init --print # print the equivalent command without running it parecode init --remove-hook # remove the SessionStart hook (MCP stays registered) parecode init --remove-plugin # uninstall the parecode-explore Claude Code plugin

The SessionStart hook injects a short directive at the start of each session telling Claude to prefer ParecodeSearch / ParecodeEdit over the equivalent native tools. Without it, Claude's first-party Grep / Read / Edit tools typically win by default and Parecode's token savings never land. The hook payload is a static string; parecode hook session-start prints it. Pass --no-hook if you would rather opt in explicitly per session via your own tooling.

The bundled parecode-explore Claude Code plugin adds a read-only subagent (pinned to Haiku, given only ParecodeSearch) and a matching skill, so exploration-style questions ("where is X?", "how does Y work?", "find all usages of Z") get answered in a cheap, isolated context window instead of burning tokens in your main session. init registers a local marketplace pointing at the npm-installed copy and runs claude plugin install parecode-explore@parecode. If your Claude Code build doesn't support the plugin subcommand the step soft-fails with a warning and the rest of init still succeeds; pass --no-plugin to skip it entirely, or --with-plugin to make any plugin-step failure hard-fail.

Then in any session, the ParecodeSearch, ParecodeExpand, and ParecodeEdit tools become available. Run parecode doctor to confirm registration, hook status, and .codegraph/ pairing if present.

What it does

`ParecodeSearch` — ripgrep-backed search that returns matches with surrounding context windows in a single call, with per-file byte chunking so large result sets do not blow up your context.
pattern accepts a single string or an array of strings; arrays dispatch parallel ripgrep runs sharing the same paths / contextLines, and each match carries a patterns: string[] field listing which input patterns contributed. One call replaces N back-to-back greps for related-keyword flow tracing.
Overlapping or adjacent windows within the same file are merged automatically (gap ≤ contextLines), with bridging lines loaded from disk.
Per-match and response-level estimatedTokens are returned so the agent can self-budget before consuming results.
Opt-in relatedSymbols: true surfaces likely event-flow neighbours (Handle , On , Handler/Listener/Closed/Completed/Started) discovered in each match, capped at 10.
Omitted line ranges are reported so the agent can widen with ParecodeExpand without re-reading the whole file.
`ParecodeExpand` — widen a known (file, startLine, endLine) range with optional contextBefore / contextAfter padding. Designed as the natural follow-up to a ParecodeSearch match. Returns the same estimatedTokens shape so the same self-budgeting heuristic applies. Prefer this over a full-file Read after locating a line.
`ParecodeEdit` — batched multi-file edits with whitespace-tolerant fuzzy matching (and an opt-in Unicode-lookalike mode), pre/post stat conflict detection, and atomic same-directory rename writes. Cross-file edits run in parallel.
`parecode stats` — local JSONL session log with token-saved estimates. Zero network. Zero telemetry.

Measured savings

On search-and-edit tasks — finding call sites, multi-file refactors, "do X to every Y" — Parecode cut cost ~40% and assistant turns ~75–83% in matched A/B tests:

repo	task	cost	turns
TypeScript	find every call site of a symbol, edit each (17 sites, 8 files)	−43%	−83%
Unity / C#	find every call site of a symbol, edit each (11 sites, 5 files)	−41%	−76%

_Method: the identical task run with Parecode on vs off, a fresh session per run, n=3 per arm with alternated order, Sonnet 4.6. Savings come from collapsing many Grep / Read / Edit round-trips into single ParecodeSearch / ParecodeEdit calls — so the win scales with how much searching and multi-file fan-out a task involves, and shrinks toward zero on single-file or reasoning-heavy tasks. These are measured per-session token and cost numbers, not the estimates in the scan below._

Retroactive Savings Scan

Curious how much Parecode would have saved you if you had installed it earlier? You can scan your past Claude Code sessions:

parecode stats --retroactive --since 30d

Sample output:

Parecode — last 30d (retroactive scan)

───────────────────── Sessions: 42 Tool calls: 156 Calls batched (est): 89 Tokens saved (est): 1,200,000

Note: Retroactive savings are estimated, not measured.

Privacy disclaimer: This scan runs entirely locally against Claude Code's session transcripts (~/.claude/projects/**). By default, it parses only structured fields (tool names, paths, patterns, and token counts). It does not send any data over the network. The --include-content flag (which allows reading tool input/output) is strictly opt-in and loudly flagged if used.

Privacy

Parecode performs no network calls at runtime. Session logs are written to your OS data directory (resolved via env-paths) with 0600 permissions on Unix. Logs are self-maintaining: each server start prunes session data older than 30 days and caps the envelope log at 5 MB. Prune earlier with parecode prune or wipe the data dir. Update to the latest release (and refresh hooks/plugin) with parecode update.

License

MIT

Parecode

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Which apps can use it

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Developer toolsi

Common questions

Alternatives

REA

Netdata

Front-End Checklist

README from the maker

parecode

Requirements

Install

Quick start

What it does

Measured savings

Retroactive Savings Scan

Privacy

License