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Source-code-analysis projects on GitHub
Deep-dive notes and annotated analyses of well-known codebases.
As of , the most-starred Source-code-analysis projects on GitHub are spring-analysis (13.8K stars), Halfrost-Field (13.2K stars) and learnVue (12.6K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 5 Source-code-analysis repositories with 47.4K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 17 was how-claude-code-works, with +2 stars in a day.
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#1 · seaswalker/spring-analysisspring-analysis
A collection of in-depth reading notes on the Spring framework's source code: the author dissects how Spring's internal components are implemented and publishes the walkthroughs as free study material.
- 13.2K
#2 · halfrost/Halfrost-FieldHalfrost-Field
Halfrost-Field is a personal technical blog archive by halfrost containing long-form deep-dive articles on source code analysis, system design, and engineering topics such as Go internals, vLLM/LLM serving, machine learning notes, and network protocols.
- 12.6K
#3 · answershuto/learnVuelearnVue
This is an annotated, commented walkthrough of Vue.js source code, written by the author as personal notes while studying how Vue, Vuex, and Vue Router actually work internally.
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claude-code-analysis
4Kliuup/claude-code-analysis · TypeScriptA Chinese-language static analysis document collection dissecting the source code of Claude Code, after its npm package accidentally shipped unminified source maps revealing the full TypeScript codebase.
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how-claude-code-works
3.8KWindy3f3f3f3f/how-claude-code-worksDeep-dive study notes on how Claude Code works internally — architecture, agent loop, context engineering, tool system and security — reverse-engineered from a community-leaked 512,000-line TypeScript source snapshot.
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