Serena

Founded by Dominik Jain & Michael Panchenko in 2024

Equip coding agents with IDE capabilities for symbol navigation and refactoring

Pricing model

Free

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★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Serena to give your AI coding agents IDE-grade semantic code retrieval, editing, refactoring, and debugging capabilities. It connects to your favorite AI clients and large language models using the Model Context Protocol. Instead of relying on fragile text matching or line numbers, Serena operates directly on code symbols and relational structure. This lets your agents execute complex tasks like cross-file renames, symbol lookups, and monorepo navigation in single atomic operations, making autonomous development across large codebases faster, cleaner, and significantly more reliable.

What Serena does

Rename symbols across multiple project filesLook up code definitions and symbol referencesNavigate dependencies in large monoreposExecute atomic semantic refactoring operationsConnect LLM clients to local codebases via MCPDebug code references without line-number errorsSymbol-level semantic code retrieval and editingSingle-call cross-file renames and refactoringModel Context Protocol integration for connecting with AI clientsRelational structure analysis for multi-language monoreposHigh-level code abstractions instead of line-based text editsSupport for terminal, IDE, and desktop chat environments

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Pricing model: Free

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