Code Explainer

What it does

Point it at any merged PR. Get a plain-English explanation of what changed and why — calibrated to whoever's reading — plus an interactive CLI quiz to check it stuck. No separate API key required.

code-explainer turns merged GitHub PRs — or a whole local repo — into plain-language briefs pitched at your role. Uses Claude Code + gh. Free and open source.

Code is the source of truth that doesn’t go stale. This CLI translates it — a merged PR or a whole repo — into a brief pitched at whoever’s reading. Point it at any merged pull request. Get what changed, why the team did it that way, and why it matters to you — without reading the diff. Orient to a local checkout: what the product does, how it’s put together, what the team has been working on. Built for non-engineers and cross-domain engineers. Docs rot. Slack depends on who you ask. The one thing that doesn’t go stale is the code itself — if someone can translate it. Get stakeholder-ready briefs from real PRs and repos — in your language, not theirs. Review a teammate’s change, or land in…from shilpi1958.github.io

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