🧑‍💻 Code Buddy – AI-Powered Coding Assistant

Code Buddy is an AI-powered coding assistant that helps developers and students understand, analyze, and improve source code using Large Language Models (LLMs). It can explain code, suggest optimizations, and generate quizzes from any code snippet, making it useful for learning, teaching, and software development.

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🚀 Live Demo

Frontend: https://code-buddy-virid.vercel.app/

Backend API: https://code-buddy-4mtq.onrender.com

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Karthikeya172001/code-buddy

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🎥 Demo Video

Demo Video: (Add your YouTube or Google Drive link here)

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✨ Features

• 🤖 Explain source code using AI.
• ⚡ Suggest code optimizations and improvements.
• 📝 Generate quizzes from code snippets.
• 📱 Responsive user interface for desktop and mobile devices.
• 🎨 Modern and interactive UI.
• 💡 Helps students, developers, and educators understand code faster.

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🛠 Technologies Used

Frontend

• React
• JavaScript (JSX)
• CSS

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js

AI

• OpenAI GPT-4.1-mini API

Deployment

• Vercel (Frontend)
• Render (Backend)

Other Tools

• Axios
• Git
• GitHub

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🏗 Project Architecture

React Frontend
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        ▼
Express.js Backend
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OpenAI GPT-4.1-mini API
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AI Response

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⚙ Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Karthikeya172001/code-buddy.git

Move into the project

cd code-buddy

Install dependencies

npm install

Create a .env file

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key

Start the backend

npm start

Start the frontend

npm start

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📖 How to Use

1. Open the live application.
2. Paste any source code into the editor.
3. Click one of the following options:
   • Explain Code
   • Suggest Optimizations
   • Generate Quiz
4. View the AI-generated response instantly.

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📂 Project Structure

code-buddy/
│
├── client/
│   ├── src/
│   ├── public/
│   └── package.json
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├── server/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── package.json
│   └── .env
│
├── README.md
└── package.json

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🎯 Future Improvements

• Support more programming languages.
• AI-powered bug detection.
• Static code analysis.
• Unit test generation.
• Security vulnerability detection.
• GitHub repository analysis.
• Download AI-generated reports.

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📸 Screenshots

Home Page

Code Explanation

Code Optimization

Quiz Generation

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👨‍💻 Author

Gorityala Karthikeya

📧 Email: gorityalakarthikeya@gmail.com

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthikeya-gorityala

💻 GitHub: https://github.com/Karthikeya172001

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📄 License

This project is intended for educational, research, and portfolio purposes.

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