"Understand Anything" Turns Codebases Into Interactive Knowledge Graphs, Hits 10K GitHub Stars

Graphs That Teach, Not Just Impress

"Graphs that teach > graphs that impress" is the core philosophy behind Understand Anything. This open-source TypeScript project converts any codebase or knowledge base — including Karpathy's LLM wiki — into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore, search, and ask questions about. The repository has crossed 10,000 GitHub stars.

What It Does

Users can visualize a codebase as a graph, navigate relationships between components, and query the structure using natural language. Rather than a static visualization tool, it provides an interactive interface for genuinely understanding codebases — particularly large, complex, or legacy ones.

AI Agent Integration

The tool integrates with major AI coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI. This positions it as infrastructure for AI agents to better understand and navigate codebases they're working with, not just for human developers.

Hacker News Reception

The submission attracted 135 points and 41 comments on Hacker News. Developers praised its utility for onboarding to unfamiliar codebases and for making codebase exploration feel more like dialogue than archaeology.