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 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "arihantdeva-heimdall--index-private-code-locally-no-llm",
 "repo": "ArihantDeva/heimdall",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/ArihantDeva/heimdall",
 "repo_slug": "arihantdeva-heimdall",
 "title": "Index private code on your own CPU with no token spend",
 "page_title": "How to index private code on your own CPU with no token spend with Heimdall",
 "summary": "Build a searchable memory of your repos that never leaves your machine.",
 "who": "A developer with private or client code who wants searchable agent memory without sending files to a cloud model.",
 "problem": "Most memory tools send code to an extraction LLM or charge tokens for every indexed file.",
 "outcome": "A local index built with tree-sitter parsing and local embeddings, with search running against your local daemon.",
 "steps": [
  "`npm i -g @arihantdeva/heimdall`",
  "`heimdall setup --detect-only`",
  "`heimdall setup --model bge-small-en-v1.5`",
  "`heimdall doctor`",
  "`heimdall search \"<topic>\"` (inferred, check the README)"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the ArihantDeva/heimdall CLI, run `heimdall setup --detect-only` and report the hardware profile, then run `heimdall doctor` and confirm it prints HEALTHY. Expected output: the hardware profile and the doctor status. Verify that no network call is needed for indexing by checking the README's stated local-only design.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says the Linux daemon packaging is still unchecked on the roadmap, so the background daemon setup is documented for macOS launchd and may need manual work on Linux.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "javascript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node.js with npm, to run `npm i -g @arihantdeva/heimdall`",
  "macOS or a Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora or Amazon Linux machine, with the build prerequisites listed in the README for the graft backend",
  "git, because llama.cpp is cloned at first build",
  "A supported agent harness: pi, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, or opencode"
 ],
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
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