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Refact Agent is a free, open-source AI Agent that handles engineering tasks end-to-end. It deeply understands your codebases and integrates with your tools, databases, and browsers to automate complex, multi-step tasks.

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Refact Agent is a free, open-source AI Agent that handles engineering tasks end-to-end. It deeply understands your codebases and integrates with your tools, databases, and browsers to automate complex, multi-step tasks.

πŸš€ Seamless Integration with Your Workflow

Refact Agent works effortlessly with the tools and databases you already use:

  • πŸ“ Version Control: GitHub, GitLab
  • πŸ—„οΈ Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL
  • πŸ› οΈ Debugging: Pdb
  • 🐳 Containerization: Docker

⚑ Why Choose Refact Agent?

  • βœ… Deploy On-Premise: Maintain 100% control over your codebase.
  • 🧠 Access State-of-the-Art Models: Supports Claude 3.7 Sonnet, GPT-4o, o3-mini, and more.
  • πŸ”‘ Bring Your Own Key (BYOK): Use your own API keys for external LLMs.
  • πŸ’¬ Integrated IDE Chat: Stay in your workflow, no need to switch between tools!
  • ⚑ Free, Unlimited, Context-Aware Auto-Completion: Code faster with smart AI suggestions.
  • πŸ› οΈ Supports 25+ Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript, Java, Rust, TypeScript, PHP, C++, C#, Go, and many more!

πŸŽ‰ Hear from our Community

Our Ambassadors shared remarkable stories of how they transform weeks of coding into minutes with Refact.ai Agent!

1️⃣ How Refact.ai built 99.9% of an IoT cloud app Read

2️⃣ How AI-coded prototypes help UX teams deliver real value Read

3️⃣ 80 hours of building from scratch β€” instead done in 30 minutes Read more

4️⃣ 3 weeks of waiting for a functional GUI? Built in just 14 minutes Read more

πŸ“œ View Full List of Supported Models

πŸ“’ Using AI for work? Let’s bring it to your company!

Fill out this form β€” Our AI Agent will be tailored to your company’s data, learning from feedback, and helping organize knowledge for better collaboration with your team.

πŸ“š Table of Contents

πŸš€ Core Features and Functionality

βœ… Unlimited accurate auto-completion with context awareness – Powered by Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B, utilizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

auto-completion

auto-completion

βœ… Integrated in-IDE Chat – AI deeply understands your code and provides relevant, intelligent answers.

βœ… Integrated with Tools – Works with GitHub, GitLab, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Pdb, Docker, and shell commands.

integrations

integrations

βœ… State-of-the-Art Models – Supports Claude 3.7 Sonnet, GPT-4o, o3-mini, and more.

βœ… Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) – Use your own API keys for external LLMs.

BYOK

BYOK

πŸ€– Which Tasks Can Refact Help You With?

  • πŸ— Generate code from natural language prompts (even with typos).

  • πŸ”„ Refactor code for better quality and readability.

  • πŸ“– Explain code to quickly understand unfamiliar code.

  • 🐞 Debug code to detect and fix errors faster.

  • πŸ§ͺ Generate unit tests for reliable code.

  • πŸ“Œ Code Review with AI-assisted suggestions.

  • πŸ“œ Create Documentation to keep knowledge up to date.

  • 🏷 Generate Docstrings for structured documentation.

βš™οΈ QuickStart

You can install the Refact repository without Docker:

pip install .

For GPU with CUDA capability >= 8.0 and flash-attention v2 support:

FLASH_ATTENTION_FORCE_BUILD=TRUE MAX_JOBS=4 INSTALL_OPTIONAL=TRUE pip install .

🐳 Running Refact Self-Hosted in a Docker Container

The easiest way to run the self-hosted server is using a pre-built Docker image.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for installation without a Docker container.

πŸ”Œ Getting Started with Plugins

  1. Download Refact for VS Code or JetBrains.
  2. Set up a custom inference URL:
    http://127.0.0.1:8008
    
  3. Configure the plugin settings:
    • JetBrains: Settings > Tools > Refact.ai > Advanced > Inference URL
    • VSCode: Extensions > Refact.ai Assistant > Settings > Address URL

πŸ“– Documentation

For detailed guidance and best practices, check out our documentation.

πŸ₯‡ Contribution

Want to contribute to our project? We're always open to new ideas and features!

  • Check out GitHub Issues – See what we're working on or suggest your own ideas.
  • Read our Contributing Guide – Check out Contributing.md to get started.

Your contributions help shape the future of Refact Agent! πŸš€

πŸŽ‰ Join the Community

We're all about open-source and empowering developers with AI tools. Our vision is to build the future of programming. Join us and be part of the journey!

πŸ“’ Join our Discord server – A community-run space for discussion, questions, and feedback.

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