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Repowise vs Backbencher

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Repowise compared with Backbencher
DetailRepowise logo RepowiseBackbencher logo Backbencher
What it doesCodebase intelligence platform for AI agents and teams Local code intelligence that shows its evidence
StageStartup Not given
Founded2024 Not given
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Free
PricingFree: 2 public repos, 10 AI answers/month. Pro: $15/month (moving to $20/month in November, or $16/month yearly), includes private repos, auto-sync on every push, security scanning, $5/month AI credits. Teams: $20/seat/month with 3-seat minimum, includes 25 shared repos, shared $5/seat/month credit Not given
Key features
  • Code health scoring with defect prediction
  • Blast radius and change impact detection
  • Auto-generated documentation rebuilt on every commit
  • Git intelligence: hotspots, owners and coupling detection
  • Architecture and decision tracking
  • MCP tools for Claude Code and Cursor
  • PR bot with change review and test detection
  • Security scanning: CVEs, secrets and reachability
  • Dead code detection and unused exports
  • Change Records with policy enforcement
  • Supports 50 languages with 53 registry IDs
  • 16 SQLite tables for symbols, source bounds, imports and relationships
  • 16 MCP agent tools for code analysis
  • AST-based code indexing
  • Incremental re-indexing with automatic freshness tracking
  • Call-graph analysis
  • Respects .gitignore and .bbignore files
  • Shows file, line and evidence for every answer
  • Local storage with no cloud required
  • Optional embedding provider integration for semantic search
What makes it different
  • Open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hostable with no LLM calls required to build the index
  • Every published benchmark includes sample size, corpus and statistical methods
  • Code health scores trained on years of real commits and defect fixes, with 0.74 AUC prediction accuracy
  • Eliminates need to switch tools: integrates with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, GitHub and team dashboards
  • Every answer includes file location, line number and the relationship walked to get there
  • Fully local operation with no cloud requirements
  • Open source under MIT license
  • Free to use with no paid plans or cost
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)11 +1 (up) since last checkNot checked yet
Trust Flow (Majestic)80
Citation Flow (Majestic)340
Referring domains (Majestic)2440

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