Show HN: Onboard-CLI, a LLM powered and AST-based tool to visualize codebase

Is there a way to visualize the code paths on a more meaningful level than line references?

I would think an LLM would be useful for explaining behavior, whereas visualizing code references can be done with no AI at all.

	▲	yr_animesh 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I think i can create a issue and you can contribute this specific feature

moezd 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I couldn't find architecture.yaml in the repo.

	▲	yr_animesh 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The architecture.yaml file is created in the root directory if you are not able to make that use this command onboard init --template clean-architecture

XUEYANZ 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

recently i read many posts on building a graph for codebase.

why suddenly this becomes popular?

is there a recent breakthough that leads this trend?

	▲	csh0 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Interest has risen in tandem with the popularity of LLMs. I have worked on these sorts of things as part of internal tooling. Sometimes these strategies are used to provide LLMs with a greater understanding of your codebase to improve code generation results. Additionally, techniques which allow humans to visualize the shape of code are being explored as engineers become less familiar with the specific implementation.

joe-esquibel 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does this tool work with non compiling code?

	▲	yr_animesh 41 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Nice question you are free to check it!!! If there are any issues in it you can contribute to it

mthoms 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I watched the 1:30 video and didn't see a single code visualization. Not one.

The closest was a "visualization" of a single, unconnected node that can be moved around — all by its lonesome self — on a canvas. For some reason.

	▲	yr_animesh 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You can check out the (onboard map --target ) command which will build a local react app to visualize the codebase