Ofrenda is a local altar for long lost repositories which still have unfinished work

Description and use

Ofrenda lets developers locally explore abandoned repositories, generating contextual narratives with Gemma 3 while ensuring citations match real commits.

Problem

Repositories can become inactive with unfinished work, leaving commit history and TODOs inaccessible to future developers.

Outcome

Ofrenda enables developers to revisit abandoned repositories locally, generating contextual stories while ensuring no sensitive data is leaked and citations are verified against real commits.

Workflow

• 1. Point Ofrenda at a local folder
• 2. Ofrenda scans git history and TODO lines
• 3. It constructs a prompt with commit subjects, dates, author names, README, and TODOs
• 4. Sends prompt to local Gemma 3 via Ollama
• 5. Receives JSON output with citations
• 6. Validates citations against actual commit SHAs
• 7. Displays narrative and file references to the user

Evidence

Ofrenda is a local altar for those repositories. You point it at a folder on your machine.

Source

Ask one to speak. Gemma 3, running on this computer through Ollama, answers in the repository's voice.

Source

The check that matters is small and tested without the model: a citation has to match a SHA that was in the packet.

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