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Introducing Flatty: Simplify Codebase for LLM Processing

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For you Cursor warriors out there, I just published Flatty, a GitHub repo that flattens your codebase into a text file for easy LLM processing s you can put the whole thing into the context window of Claude or ChatGPT. Take a look and let me know what you think! The UX is pretty simple:

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Copy/paste one line of code into Terminal to install
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Navigate to the local Github repo or directory you want to flatten
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Type "flatty" and hit enter

The script outputs your codebase as a single text file like this into a folder called "flattened" on your local machine. If the output text exceeds 100k tokens, it breaks the repo up into smart chunks and outputs a series of text files. The system includes robust controls that let you fine-tune key parameters like maximum output size and chunking behavior, while providing real-time token calculations and estimates - giving you precise control if you want to tweak. @here https://github.com/mattmireles/Flatty

19 comments

Messina
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Matt Mireles this is great, but can you do the same thing for API or dev docs, like Claude does? Adjacent: https://www.firecrawl.dev/
Matt Mireles
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Messina Oh, dude, I love this. This is awesome.
Messina
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Also, could you turn Flatty into a Cask?
Matt Mireles
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I don't see why not. It's open source, so you're welcome to take a crack at it.
Messina
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Oh! I've never tried. Will look into it!
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Messina
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Haha, love this vibe:
Is your favourite software missing from Homebrew? Then you’re the perfect person to resolve this problem.
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Matt Mireles
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Yes!
Messina
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Matt Mireles do you plan to create versioned Flatty releases on Github? That will affect my Formula.
Matt Mireles
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Good question! This is actually my first GitHub repo I've published, so I'm still pretty new to the process. Definitely open to suggestions on versioning and other best practices.
Messina
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Looks like it's not a blocker currently, but if you end up updating the script, I'll need to update the Formula.
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Messina
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lol, it's not popular enough!
Matt Mireles
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Matt Mireles
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Let's make it more popular!
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Messina
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Matt Mireles should there be a confirmation step before running the command? or maybe should the command follow a compression command's pattern?
Messina
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https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/204548
Matt Mireles
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Personally, I like the simplicity as is, but hey, it's open source software man. Go nuts!
Messina
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BTW, I found this similar project: https://code-spoonfeeder-3fc96ecd8dd6.herokuapp.com/
Matt Mireles
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Cool
Matt Mireles
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I've seen a couple of these hosted versions, and it's a little scary to just upload my whole codebase to a third party and pray they don't keep it. The other thing is with Flatty, it automatically filters out the files you don't need - the ones you can't flatten. These other solutions require a lot more manual filtering. Flatty runs locally, which I feel a lot better about than uploading your whole codebase.
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