Dosu - AI Developer Copilot! Software Development Tool! (Opensource)
AI Summary
Summary: Introduction to Dosu
- Overview of Dosu:
- AI assistant for open-source software maintainers.
- Installed on over 10,000 GitHub repositories.
- Launched in early 2024.
- Receives positive feedback from the open-source community.
- Functionality:
- Assists with issue responses, bug resolution, and documentation enhancement.
- Understands code to handle non-coding tasks.
- Streamlines workflows and improves project management.
- Example of Dosu in Action:
- Resolved an error in a CLI tool by identifying a missing embedding project.
- Provided a step-by-step fix involving the addition of an OpenAI embeddings instance.
- Integration and Access:
- Can be integrated with Slack.
- Early access available through a waitlist.
- Documentation available for use.
- Company Background:
- Founded by Devon Stein, a former head of engineering at a machine learning startup.
- Inspired by challenges faced by OSS maintainers: lack of compensation, overwhelming workload, and insufficient resources.
- Utilizes advancements in NLP and language model technology.
- Features of Dosu:
- Issue Triage: Synthesizes context from the codebase and surfaces related issues.
- Discussion Answering: Assists with discussions by pulling in relevant codebase parts.
- Auto Labeling: Automatically adds labels to issues and PRs based on content.
- Getting Started with Dosu:
- Currently waitlisted due to high demand.
- Sign up for early access at dos.deev.
- Connect with GitHub and manage workspaces and integrations.
- Workspace Configuration:
- Each workspace has its own configuration and data sources.
- Integrations with GitHub, Slack, Linear, and Notion planned.
- Further Plans:
- A more detailed video on using Dosu with repositories is planned.
- Call to Action:
- Encourages developers to try out Dosu.
- Promotes Patreon page for subscriptions.
- Invites to book consulting calls, follow on Twitter, and subscribe to YouTube channel for updates.