# Install codanna with Homebrew

Code intelligence system with semantic search. Version 0.13.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:codanna
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install codanna
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:codanna
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.13.1
- **Source summary:** Code intelligence system with semantic search
- **Homepage:** <https://docs.codanna.sh/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bartolli/codanna>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T03:18:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- codanna (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.13.1
## Project history and usage

Codanna is a Rust-based local code intelligence CLI and MCP server for AI coding agents. It indexes code, tracks relationships, and provides semantic search over code and documents.

### Project history

The official docs say Codanna came from a need for rapid research and pair-programming exploration where LSP servers were too slow for repeated questions. Its README positions it as code context for AI assistants, with structured symbol lookup, relationship tracing, and semantic search.

### Adoption history

Codanna is distributed through its own installer, Homebrew, Cargo, Nix, and GitHub releases. Its packaging matters because AI coding-agent users often need a small local binary that can be installed in developer shells and spawned as an MCP server.

### How it is used

A typical workflow is to run codanna init, index a project, then query via CLI or MCP tools such as semantic_search_with_context. Configuration lives in .codanna/settings.toml, while embedding API keys are intentionally environment-only.

### Why package nerds care

Codanna is part of the recent wave of package-manager-installed AI-agent support tools: local-first, Rust binary distribution, MCP integration, and semantic indexing without requiring a hosted code-search service.

### Timeline

- 2026: Official releases include prebuilt Linux, macOS, and Windows assets.
- 2026: v0.9.23 is documented as a resolver precision release with MCP and indexing changes.

### Related projects

- Language servers, ripgrep-style code search, vector embedding services, and MCP clients are adjacent tools in Codanna workflows.

### Sources

- <https://docs.codanna.sh/>
- <https://docs.codanna.sh/features/semantic-search>
- <https://docs.codanna.sh/installation>
- <https://docs.codanna.sh/reference/customization>
- <https://github.com/bartolli/codanna/releases>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for codanna. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: .codanna/settings.toml

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/codanna.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/codanna.yml)


## Sources

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