Sharing My Little Experiment: Code Genie – A Simple Open-Source Tool to Help with Code Ideas

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I’ve been trying to simplify my development workflow for a while.
Most days, I open my editor just to fix a tiny issue…and end up context-switching more than writing code.

So I built a small tool for myself — and decided to open-source it in case it helps anyone else.

Code-Genie: https://github.com/Sherin-SEF-AI/code-genie
(If you try it out, feedback is really appreciated.)

🌱 Why I Made It

Nothing fancy — just a few simple goals:

reduce time spent switching between terminal ↔ editor
fix small bugs quickly
generate boilerplate when I’m tired
make refactoring less…painful

It’s definitely not perfect, but it’s been useful for me.

✨ What It Can Do (In Simple Terms)

✔️ Write or edit code from natural language

codegenie "Convert this to async/await"

✔️ Fix errors in a file

codegenie "Fix the undefined variable"

✔️ Generate small building blocks

codegenie "Create a FastAPI POST route"

✔️ Improve readability / optimize code

codegenie "Clean up this function"

It just works on the file you point it to and makes minimal edits.

🛠️ How It Works (Very Simply)

Python CLI
Reads your local file
Sends context to an LLM (OpenAI/Anthropic/Groq/local models)
Applies the patch

I tried hard to keep the project small, clean, and easy to hack on.

📦 Installation

git clone https://github.com/Sherin-SEF-AI/code-genie

🙏 I’d Love Feedback

This is just an early version — I’m still learning and improving it.
If you spot bugs, have suggestions, or want to contribute, I’d really appreciate it.