semble
Fast and Accurate Code Search for Agents. Uses ~98% fewer tokens than grep+read
Cutting the token cost of code search inside an agent loop, on CPU and without API keys.
You need an agent that edits code, not a search library.
About semble
Semble is a code search library built for agents. It returns the exact code snippets they need instantly, using ~98% fewer tokens than grep+read. Indexing and searching a full codebase end-to-end takes under a second, with ~200x faster indexing and ~10x faster queries than a code-specialized transformer, at 99% of its retrieval quality (see benchmarks). Everything runs on CPU with no API keys, GPU, or external services. Use it as an MCP server, a CLI tool via AGENTS.md, or a dedicated sub-age…
Your agent queries Semble in natural language (e.g. "How is authentication handled?") and gets back only the relevant code snippets, without grepping or reading full files.
semble install detects installed coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, and then lets you choose which integrations to enable:
semble is an open-source project written primarily in Python, with 6.2k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.
uv tool install semblesemble vs. the alternatives
All 49 alternatives →| Record | Stars | Pricing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semblethis listing | 6.2k | Python | MIT | Open source |
| OpenCode | 211k | — | MIT | Open source |
| gemini-cli | 107k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
| Zed | 91k | Rust | GPL-3.0-or-later | Open source |
| OpenHands | 89k | — | MIT | Open source |
| Cline | 69k | — | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
