Ataraxy labs Sem by ataraxy-labs

Semantic version control, entity-level diffs, blame, and impact analysis on top of git. 26 languages via tree-sitter. Built for coding agents.

ai-agentsdeveloper-toolsgitsemantic-difftree-sittercode-intelligencecoding-agentsllm-toolstypescriptversion-control
Verdict 69/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 3 days ago

Self-host Ataraxy labs Sem on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
69 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
2.0k
56 forks

About Ataraxy labs Sem

From the project's README at github.com/ataraxy-labs/sem. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

> Part of the Ataraxy Labs stack, agent-native infrastructure for software development. See also: weave (entity-level git merge driver) · inspect (semantic code review) · opensessions (tmux sidebar for coding agents). > > Read the manifesto: https://ataraxy-labs.com/#thesis · Essays: https://ataraxy-labs.com/blogs · LLMs: https://ataraxy-labs.com/llms.txt

Semantic version control built on Git. Instead of lines changed, sem tells you what entities changed: functions, methods, classes.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
95
maturity
72
community
93
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
26

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

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GitHub stars 2.0k github.com/ataraxy-labs/sem
GitHub forks 56 github.com/ataraxy-labs/sem
CRATES downloads (last month) 27 sem

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age0.2 yearssince Feb 2026
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped29last: 3 days ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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