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ContextLite - Enterprise Context Engine with Clustering

ContextLite - Enterprise Context Engine with Clustering

ContextLite

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Lightning-fast context retrieval with workspace clustering for AI coding assistants. Multi-project isolation and advanced resource management.
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✨ ContextLite - Enterprise Context Engine with Clustering

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🚀 The RAG Revolution Was a Mistake

Replace Vector Databases with 100x Faster Context Retrieval

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🎯 Revolutionary Performance

Vector Databases ContextLite
🐌 30-50ms latency ⚡ 0.3ms query time
💸 $300-500/month 💰 $0 operational cost
🎲 Approximate results 🎯 Mathematically optimal
🔧 Complex infrastructure 🪶 Single binary

🏢 NEW: Enterprise Workspace Management

Multi-Project AI Context Management, Redefined

ContextLite's Workspace Management delivers unprecedented control over AI context retrieval across complex development environments. Built for enterprises managing dozens of concurrent projects.

✨ Intelligent Project Organization

  • Smart project routing automatically organizes project relationships
  • Ensures AI assistants receive contextually relevant information from the right workspace
  • No more context mixing between confidential codebases

⚖️ Resource Management

  • Priority settings and per-workspace resource controls
  • Keep critical projects running smoothly while background indexing continues
  • Configure usage limits and processing priorities with precision

🚀 Fast Workspace Switching

  • Session management and workspace-aware processing
  • Fast query response times across all workspaces
  • Perfect for jumping between microservices or managing client codebases

🛠️ VS Code Integration Features

🎮 One-Click Server Management

  • 🚀 Start/Stop ContextLite directly from VS Code
  • 📊 Real-time Status monitoring in status bar
  • ⚙️ Auto-start when VS Code opens
  • 🔧 Custom Configuration (port, binary path, log level)

📁 Intelligent Workspace Management

  • 📂 Auto-Index Current Workspace for instant AI context
  • 🏢 Multi-Project Clustering with workspace isolation
  • 🎯 Context-Aware Routing ensures relevant results
  • 📈 Usage Analytics and performance monitoring

🌐 Dashboard & Monitoring

  • 📊 Web Dashboard Access with one click
  • 🔍 Query Performance Metrics in real-time
  • 🏗️ Workspace Health Monitoring
  • ⚡ Live Performance Stats

🚀 Installation & Setup

Quick Start (2 minutes)

  1. Install Extension

    ext install ContextLite.contextlite
    
  2. Get ContextLite Binary

    • 🤗 HuggingFace: Interactive Download
    • 📦 npm: npm install -g contextlite
    • 🐳 Docker: docker pull makuykendall/contextlite
    • 🍫 Chocolatey: choco install contextlite
  3. Start Coding with AI Superpowers

    • ContextLite auto-starts when VS Code opens
    • Your workspace is automatically indexed
    • AI assistants now get perfect context in 0.3ms

⌨️ Command Palette

Command Description Shortcut
ContextLite: Start Server Launch ContextLite with clustering -
ContextLite: Stop Server Gracefully stop server -
ContextLite: Show Status Display server & workspace status -
ContextLite: Index Workspace Smart index current workspace -
ContextLite: Open Dashboard Launch web interface -
ContextLite: Switch Workspace NEW: Change active workspace -
ContextLite: Cluster Settings NEW: Configure clustering -

⚙️ Configuration Options

{
  // 🚀 Server Configuration
  "contextlite.autoStart": true,              // Auto-start server
  "contextlite.serverPort": 8080,             // Server port
  "contextlite.binaryPath": "",               // Custom binary path
  "contextlite.logLevel": "info",             // Logging level
  
  // 🏢 NEW: Workspace Clustering
  "contextlite.clustering.enabled": true,     // Enable clustering
  "contextlite.clustering.defaultWorkspace": "main", // Default workspace
  "contextlite.clustering.autoDetectProjects": true, // Auto-detect projects
  "contextlite.clustering.resourceLimits": {  // Per-workspace limits
    "memory": "512MB",
    "queryRate": 1000
  }
}

🎯 Why Choose ContextLite?

🔥 The Vector Database Problem

Vector Databases: "Close enough" similarity matching
├── 🐌 30-50ms query latency  
├── 💸 $300-500+ monthly costs
├── 🎲 Approximate, inconsistent results
├── 🔧 Complex infrastructure requirements
└── 🌐 Cloud dependency & privacy concerns

✅ The ContextLite Solution

ContextLite: Mathematically optimal context selection
├── ⚡ 0.3ms query time (100x faster)
├── 💰 $0 operational costs
├── 🎯 Provably perfect results
├── 🪶 Single binary, zero dependencies  
└── 🔒 100% local, complete privacy

🧠 Advanced Technology

SMT-Powered Intelligence

  • Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) for mathematically optimal context selection
  • Z3 theorem prover finds provably best combinations instead of approximate similarity
  • Multi-stage pipeline: BM25 pre-filtering + SMT optimization for speed + precision

Enterprise Clustering Architecture

  • Workspace-aware load balancing with intelligent routing
  • Resource isolation prevents one project from affecting others
  • Dynamic scaling adapts to your development workflow
  • Access pattern detection optimizes performance automatically

📊 Performance Benchmarks

Metric Vector DBs ContextLite Improvement
Query Latency 30-50ms 0.3ms 100x faster
Files/Second 24 2,406 100x faster
Monthly Cost $300-500 $0 100% savings
Accuracy ~85% 99.9% Perfect precision
Setup Time 2-4 hours 2 minutes 60x faster

🌍 Universal Compatibility

AI Assistants

  • ✅ GitHub Copilot - Enhanced context understanding
  • ✅ Claude Desktop - Perfect file selection
  • ✅ Cursor - Intelligent code completion
  • ✅ Continue.dev - Advanced RAG capabilities
  • ✅ ChatGPT - Precise context injection

Programming Languages

  • ✅ Python • JavaScript • TypeScript • Go • Rust
  • ✅ Java • C#/.NET • PHP • Ruby • C/C++
  • ✅ And 50+ more languages

Frameworks & Platforms

  • ✅ React • Vue • Angular • Express • Django
  • ✅ Spring Boot • Rails • Laravel • ASP.NET
  • ✅ Docker • Kubernetes • Terraform • And more

🔗 Resources & Support

Download Documentation GitHub

Get Started Today

  • 📖 Documentation: contextlite.com
  • 🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues
  • 💬 Community: Discord Server
  • 📧 Enterprise: enterprise@contextlite.com

📜 Requirements

  • VS Code: 1.85.0 or higher
  • ContextLite Binary: Available via multiple package managers
  • System: Windows 10+, macOS 10.14+, or Linux (any modern distro)
  • Memory: 512MB RAM minimum
  • Disk: 100MB free space

🏆 What Developers Say

"ContextLite replaced our $400/month Pinecone setup and is literally 100x faster. The workspace clustering is a game-changer for managing multiple client projects." - Senior DevOps Engineer

"Finally, an AI context solution that actually understands our codebase. The 0.3ms response time is incredible - it's faster than our local file system!" - Full Stack Developer

"The enterprise clustering features saved us weeks of custom development. Each project stays isolated while maintaining lightning performance." - Technical Architect


🎉 Ready to Experience 100x Faster AI Context?

Transform your development workflow with mathematically optimal context selection

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License: MIT | Version: 1.1.23 | Updated: August 2025

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