Barnacle Semantic Search

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Perform semantic search over a local codebase without relying on cloud services.

• 2

  Extract and index code symbols like classes, methods, and functions for navigation and analysis.

• 3

  Automatic reindexing and hybrid search combining embeddings and keyword matching for accurate code exploration.

Description

Barnacle-search is a local MCP server that attaches to your codebase to enable semantic search powered by a local Ollama model, symbol extraction using tree-sitter, regex search, and automatic reindexing on file changes. It works entirely offline, requiring no cloud or API keys, and supports multiple programming languages. The tool offers a hybrid search combining embedding similarity and keyword matching for precise results, and it efficiently manages large codebases with incremental updates.