"Google has previewed Code Wiki, an AI project that aims to document code in a repository and keep it up to date by regenerating the content after every code change. The preview has documentation for hundreds of open source projects. Coming soon is an extension to Gemini CLI, Google's AI agent, that will run on internal repositories, though there is no word yet about pricing. The official post has only brief details of how Code Wiki works."
"A Hacker News comment from Omar Shams, founder of Mutable.ai, states that Code Wiki is a rebuild of a previous project called Auto Wiki, which his company developed before it was acquired by Google. Code Wiki is focused on documenting the code in a repository, which must not be confused with documenting the output of that code. We looked, for example, at what the service has generated for Microsoft's ASP.NET Core web platform."
"There is also a chat user interface in Code Wiki, which lets you ask questions about the codebase. We asked whether Postgres could be used instead of SQL Server for an ASP.NET Core distributed cache. Gemini said that "there is no mention of direct support or an out-of-the-box implementation for PostgreSQL." Microsoft's official docs, though, state that "Azure Database for PostgreSQL can be used as a distributed cache backing store via the IDistributedCache interface.""
Code Wiki automatically generates and regenerates repository documentation after every code change and currently hosts documentation for hundreds of open source projects. An extension to Gemini CLI will allow Code Wiki to run on internal repositories, with pricing not yet disclosed. Code Wiki appears to be a rebuild of a prior Auto Wiki project developed before acquisition, and focuses on documenting code rather than code outputs. A chat interface enables questions about a codebase, but examples show Gemini can miss implementation details while official docs indicate additional supported implementations such as PostgreSQL via IDistributedCache.
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