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AI · March 12, 2026

Vexp

Cut AI coding costs 58% with pre-indexed codebase context

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What it does

vexp is a local-first context engine for AI coding agents. It pre-indexes your codebase into a dependency graph and serves only relevant context via MCP, so Claude Code, Cursor, and other agents stop wasting tokens on blind file exploration. Benchmarked on FastAPI (42 runs): 58% less cost, 63% fewer output tokens, 90% fewer tool calls. Runs 100% locally, no cloud, no account required. Free tier available.

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