GitAsk

GitAsk is an AI-powered tool that answers questions about any GitHub repository using RAG—just provide a repo URL and get insights instantly.

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How to run locally ?

1.Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/Virajb19/GitAsk
cd GitAsk

2. Install pnpm and then dependencies

npm i -g pnpm

pnpm install

3. Run the server

pnpm dev

4. Create .env and add environment variables

Refer .env.example

5. Start Database

Pull postgres image

docker pull postgres

Run docker container

docker run --name postgres-ctr -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -p 5432:5432 -d postgres

Run this command

pnpm dlx prisma migrate deploy

Run this command to open prisma studio

pnpm dlx prisma studio

Open [http://localhost:5555]

6. Authentication

Run this to generate a key

openssl rand -base64 32

Add the key to AUTH_SECRET env var

Go to [https://github.com/settings/apps] and create an OAuth app

GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=""
GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=""

(Optional. You can just login using Github or Email)

Go to [https://console.cloud.google.com/] and create an OAuth app

GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID="" GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=""

Create an App password (Optional. Just login using github or Email)

You need to enable 2-Step verification in your google account

EMAIL_APP_USER="your_email@gmail.com" EMAIL_APP_PASSWORD="your_generated_app_password"

7. Gemini API

Go to [https://aistudio.google.com/] and create an API key

GEMINI_API_KEY="your_gemini_api_key"

GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY="your_gemini_api_key"

8. GitHub API

Go to [https://github.com/settings/tokens] and generate a token. Add that token to

GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=""

9. Assembly AI

Get you API key from [https://www.assemblyai.com/]

ASSEMBLY_API_KEY=""

10. Appwrite Storage

Get you secret key from [https://appwrite.io/]

APPWRITE_SECRET_KEY=""

Create a project and add project ID here

NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=""

Create a bucket and add bucket ID here

NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_BUCKET_ID=""

11. Stripe

Go to [https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys]

STRIPE_SECRET_KEY="your_stripe_secret_key" STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY="your_stripe_publishable_key"

Install stripe CLI in your system

Run this command

stripe listen --forward-to localhost:3000/api/webhook/stripe

A secret will be generated. Add that secret to

STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=""