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Qoder automatically indexes your codebase by generating file embeddings when you open a project. This enables AI-powered code understanding, intelligent recommendations, and semantic search. Indexing happens incrementally, so new or modified files are processed in real time—no manual intervention required.

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Configure indexing

  1. In the upper-right corner of your Qoder IDE, click the user icon or use the keyboard shortcut (⌘ ⇧ , （macOS）orCtrl shift ,(Windows)), and select Qoder Settings.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Indexing.
  3. Choose one of the following:
  • To manually enable indexing, click Create next to Codebase Indexing.
  • To enable continuous background indexing, toggle on Automatic Indexing.
Note: Codebase indexing supports codebases up to 100,000 files. Automatic indexing is enabled by default for codebases with fewer than 10,000 files. For larger codebases, indexing need to be enabled manually.

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Ignore files

By default, Qoder indexes all project files except:
  • Files and directories specified in .gitignore
  • Files listed in .qoderignore

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Specify custom ignore files

You can define additional files or directories to exclude from indexing.
  1. In the upper-right corner of the Qoder IDE, click the user icon or use the keyboard shortcut (⌘ ⇧ , （macOS）orCtrl shift ,(Windows)), and select Qoder Settings.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Indexing.
  3. Click Manage next to Ignore Files.
  4. Add your custom patterns.
Pattern examples
PatternDescription
config.jsonIgnores a specific file
dist/Ignores an entire directory
*.logIgnores all files with .log extension
**/logsIgnores logs directories at any nesting level
!app/Excludes a path from being ignored (negation)
To check if a specific file is ignored, use the following command: git check-ignore -v [file]

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FAQs

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Where can I view indexed codebases?

A centralized index list is not currently available. You can inspect indexed codebases within the indexing settings of each project.

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Is my source code stored on Qoder servers?

No. Qoder does not store your source code.
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