Refact – Open-Source AI Agent, Code Generator & Chat for JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, Java, PHP, Go, and more.

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Refact.ai is the #1 free open-source AI Agent on the SWE-bench verified leaderboard. It autonomously handles software engineering tasks end to end. It understands large and complex codebases, adapts to your workflow, and connects with the tools developers actually use (including MCP). It tracks your

Installation

Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.

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Refact VS Code Plugin

This VS Code extension is part of the smallcloudai/refact monorepo.

Development

cd plugins/vscode
npm ci
npm install ../../refact-agent/gui/refact-chat-js-*.tgz --no-save
npm run compile
npm run lint

Build the GUI package first if the tarball is not present:

cd refact-agent/gui
npm ci
npm run build
npm pack

The extension packages the local refact-lsp engine and refact-chat-js UI artifacts through the monorepo GitHub Actions workflows.

Repository history

This code was migrated from the archived standalone VS Code plugin repository. Historical releases and tags remain available there for reference.

Issues

Please report issues in the monorepo: https://github.com/smallcloudai/refact/issues.