AI Kernel Explorer

Made with by Jay Mathis

Explore the Linux kernel source code with AI-generated summaries

The Linux kernel is a large and complex codebase, with over 30 million lines of code. Understanding the codebase can be challenging, especially for newcomers. To help developers navigate the codebase more easily, this is a lightweight tool that uses GPT-4o to generate summaries of the Linux kernel source code as you explore.

Installation

pip install ai-kernel-explorer # or ideally pipx install ai-kernel-explorer

Ensure your OpenAI API key is set in the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable or --api-key option.

usage: ai-kernel-explorer [-h] [--api-key API_KEY] [--cache CACHE] [--model MODEL] [--version] [root]

Explore the Linux kernel source code with AI-generated summaries.

positional arguments:
  root               The root directory of the Linux kernel source code. (default: /usr/src)

options:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --api-key API_KEY  Your OpenAI API key. (default: $OPENAI_API_KEY)
  --cache CACHE      The path to store AI responses. (default: ~/.cache/ai-kernel-explorer)
  --model MODEL      The OpenAI model to use. (default: gpt-4o)
  --version          show program's version number and exit

https://github.com/mathiscode/ai-kernel-explorer