Show HN: JACoB – Open-Source AI Coding Agent for Real-World Productivity

📰 Hacker News · bfioca

Hi, we're Kevin, Chris, and Brian, the creators of JACoB (Just Another Coding Bot), an open-source AI coding agent designed to streamline the development process. As veteran developers, we know that while AI isn't perfect, it can be a valuable tool for tasks like code reviews, converting designs to React components, and writing high-quality GitHub issues. We’ve been building JACoB over the past year to assist with our real work, and today we’re open sourcing it under an Apache 2.0 license. Our goal is to create the first fully open-source tool that matches the quality and polish of many closed-source alternatives. JACoB focuses on specific, time-consuming tasks that AI handles well, like generating code from Figma designs, fixing simple bugs, and writing boilerplate code like API endpoints. You can even converse with JACoB to refine existing GitHub issues or help write new ones. It integrates seamlessly into your workflow, from GitHub issues to pull requests, ensuring all cod

Published 23 May 2024
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