anahata-netbeans-ai
🚀 Anahata AI Assistant for NetBeans: Code from the Heart
Elevate your coding experience with a true AI partner that understands your workflow.
Anahata is an unprecedented, deeply integrated AI assistant for the Apache NetBeans IDE, powered by Google’s Gemini models. It’s more than a chatbot—it’s a harmonious extension of your creative process, designed to bring flow and intelligence directly to your work.
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✨ Why Anahata is the Future of IDE Assistance
Traditional AI assistants are disconnected. Anahata is built from the ground up to be a native part of your IDE, giving it unparalleled context and capability.
1. Deep, Real-Time Context Awareness (The Architectural Advantage)
Anahata doesn’t guess. On every request, it receives a live, structured data payload that includes:
- Live Diagnostics: Real-time visibility into all IDE errors and warnings across your open projects. Ask it to fix a compilation error, and it knows exactly where to look.
- Full Project Structure: A complete overview of all open projects, their file structures, and the status of files in the conversation context.
- Editor State: A list of all files currently open in the editor.
2. Programmatic IDE Control (NetBeans-Specific Tools)
Anahata can execute high-level IDE actions and perform deep code analysis with a simple natural language command:
| Feature | Tooling | Capability |
|---|---|---|
| Code Introspection | JavaIntrospection, JavaSources, JavaDocs |
Inspect Java types, list members, and retrieve paginated, filterable, and truncated source code and Javadoc for any class or method. |
| IDE Interaction | IDE, Output |
Read the main IDE log and interact with the Output Window, with powerful support for pagination, regex filtering, and line truncation to manage large outputs. |
| Dependency Management | Maven |
Trigger Maven goals (clean, install), download missing dependency sources, and resolve Javadoc URLs. |
| Project Lifecycle | Projects |
Open/close projects, invoke high-level actions (build, run), and query project structure. |
| Code Modification | Coding |
Use the proposeChange tool to receive code patches via a NetBeans modal diff dialog for secure, explicit user approval. |
| Live Workspace | ScreenCapture, TopComponents |
The AI can “see” the IDE by taking screenshots of all open JFrames and listing all open IDE components (windows, tabs). |
| Runtime Execution | NetBeansProjectJVM |
Compile and execute arbitrary Java code directly within the IDE’s running JVM, enabling hot-reload testing and complex runtime tasks. |
| System Interaction | LocalShell, LocalFiles |
Run native shell commands and perform context-aware file operations (read, write, delete). |
| Editor Control | Editor |
Open files in the NetBeans editor and scroll to specific line numbers. |
3. Advanced Text Processing & Safety
To ensure a smooth and efficient workflow, Anahata’s core tools have been refactored with a powerful, centralized text processing engine. This provides:
- Pagination & Filtering: Retrieve precise slices of data from large files (logs, source code, Javadocs) using line numbers and regex (
grep) patterns. - Line Truncation: Automatically truncate excessively long lines to prevent context window overflow and keep the conversation focused.
- Rich Metadata: Tool responses now include valuable context, such as the total number of lines and the number of matching lines, allowing the AI to make smarter follow-up decisions.
This makes interacting with large codebases and log files safer, faster, and more intelligent.
4. Core Gemini Client Features (Efficiency & Transparency)
Anahata is built on the gemini-java-client, inheriting powerful features for managing the conversation and token budget:
- Intelligent Context Management: Automatic, dependency-aware pruning of old, ephemeral, or stale tool calls to maximize the context window and reduce API costs.
- Context Heatmap: A visual UI component that breaks down the entire conversation context by message, part type, and token size, giving the user full transparency.
- Dynamic System Instructions: Real-time injection of environment data (System Properties, Environment Variables, Project Status) into the system prompt for superior relevance.
- Inline Syntax Highlighting: Uses NetBeans’ native editor kits to provide accurate syntax highlighting for code blocks within the chat window.
- Session Persistence: Saves and loads the entire chat history, including all tool results and dependencies, for instant session resume.
Powered by the Gemini Java Client
The Anahata AI Assistant is the premier showcase for the gemini-java-client, our powerful, enterprise-ready library for integrating Google Gemini into any Java application.
The client features a robust tool-calling framework, built-in Swing UI components, and a flexible configuration system. It is available under a dual-license model (AGPLv3 for open-source, commercial for proprietary use).
Getting Started
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Licensing: Open Core Model
This project is available under a dual-license model to accommodate both open-source and commercial needs.
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Open Source: For use in open-source projects, the software is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3). See the LICENSE file for the full license text.
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Commercial Use: For use in proprietary, closed-source applications, a commercial license is required. Please see the COMMERCIAL-LICENSE.md file for more information on how to obtain a commercial license.