Socraticode FAQs

Question 1

What is Socraticode?

Accepted Answer

Socraticode is a zero-config, private, and Docker-powered AI tool that provides deep intelligence for your local codebases. It enables hybrid semantic search, generates polyglot code dependency graphs, and extracts searchable context artifacts to enhance AI assistants without compromising privacy.

Question 2

How does Socraticode ensure the privacy of my codebase?

Accepted Answer

Socraticode is fully private and local by default. It runs entirely on your machine using Docker-managed Qdrant and Ollama containers. This architecture ensures that your code and data never leave your local network, requiring no external API keys or cloud services unless explicitly configured.

Question 3

What kind of code search capabilities does Socraticode offer?

Accepted Answer

Socraticode features an advanced hybrid code search, combining both semantic (conceptual) and BM25 (exact keyword) methods. Results are RRF-fused for accuracy. It utilizes AST-aware chunking, splitting files at function/class boundaries to provide higher-quality and more relevant context for your queries.

Question 4

Is Socraticode compatible with multiple programming languages?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Socraticode is designed to be language-agnostic. It works out-of-the-box with virtually any programming language, framework, and file type. It can build polyglot code dependency graphs and index content that your AI assistant can interpret, without needing specific parsers or grammar files.

Question 5

What are the key benefits of using Socraticode for developers?

Accepted Answer

Developers benefit from Socraticode's deep codebase understanding, zero-configuration setup, and fully automatic operation. It offers production-grade vector search, polyglot dependency graphs, and searchable context artifacts, significantly speeding up code exploration (e.g., 37x faster than grep-based methods) and enabling AI assistants to be more effective and efficient.

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