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OSA (Open-Source-Advisor) is a LLM-based tool for improving the quality of scientific open source projects and helping create them from scratch. It automates the generation of README, different levels of documentation, CI/CD scripts, etc. It also generates advices and recommendations for the repository.

OSA is currently under development, so not all features are implemented.

Here is a short demo:

• Core features
• Installation
• Getting started
• Examples
• Documentation
• Contributing
• License
• Acknowledgments
• Citation

1. README file generation: Automates the creation of a clear and structured README file for a repository, including projects based on research papers.

2. Documentation generation: Automatically generates docstrings for Python code.

3. Automatic implementation of changes: Clones the repository, creates a branch, commits and pushes changes, and creates a pull request with proposed changes.

4. Various LLMs: Use OSA with an LLM accessible via API (e.g., OpenAI, VseGPT, Ollama), a local server, or try an osa_bot hosted on ITMO servers.

5. GitHub Action Workflow Generator: Automatically generates customizable CI/CD workflows for Python repositories, including unit tests, code formatting, PEP 8 compliance checks, and PyPI publication.

Install Open-Source-Advisor using one of the following methods:

Using PyPi:

pip install osa_tool

Build from source:

1. Clone the Open-Source-Advisor repository:

git clone https://github.com/aimclub/OSA

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd Open-Source-Advisor

3. Install the project dependencies:

Using pip  

pip install -r requirements.txt

Using poetry  

poetry install 

Using docker  

docker build --build-arg GIT_USER_NAME="your-user-name" --build-arg GIT_USER_EMAIL="your-user-email" -f docker/Dockerfile -t {image-name} .

OSA requires Python 3.10 or higher.

File .env is required to specify GitHub token (GIT_TOKEN) and LLM API key (OPENAI_API_KEY or VSE_GPT_KEY)

When running osa-tool from CLI, you need to set the GIT_TOKEN and API key first:

export OPENAI_API_KEY=<your_api_key>
export GIT_TOKEN=<your_git_token>

Run Open-Source-Advisor using the following command:

Using pip  

python -m osa_tool.run -r {repository} [--api {api}] [--base-url {base_url}] [--model {model_name}] [--article {article}] [--convert-notebooks {notebook_paths}]

Using docker  

docker run --env-file .env {image-name} -r {repository} [--api {api}] [--base-url {base_url}] [--model {model_name}] [--article {article}] [--convert-notebooks {notebook_paths}]

The --article option enables you to choose a README template for a repository based on an article. You can provide either a link to a PDF file of the article or a path to a local PDF file after the --article option. If you are using Docker, ensure that you upload the PDF file to the OSA folder before building the image, then, specify the path as /app/OSA/... or just use volume mounting to access the file.

The --generate-workflows option is intended to create customizable CI/CD pipelines for Python repositories. For detailed documentation, see the GitHub Action Workflow Generator README.

Examples of generated README files are available in examples.

URL of the GitHub repository, LLM API service provider (optional) and Specific LLM model to use (optional) are required to use the generator.

To see available models go there:

1. VseGpt
2. OpenAI
3. Ollama

Local Llama ITMO:

python -m osa_tool.run -r https://github.com/aimclub/OSA

OpenAI:

python -m osa_tool.run -r https://github.com/aimclub/OSA --api openai

VseGPT:

python -m osa_tool.run -r https://github.com/aimclub/OSA --api openai --base-url https://api.vsegpt.ru/v1 --model openai/gpt-3.5-turbo

Ollama:

python -m osa_tool.run -r https://github.com/aimclub/OSA --api ollama --base-url http://[YOUR_OLLAMA_IP]:11434 --model gemma3:27b

Detailed description of OSA API is available here.

In English:

• Automate Your Coding with OSA – ITMO-Made AI Assistant for Researchers

In Russian:

• OSA: ИИ-помощник для разработчиков научного open source кода

• Report Issues: Submit bugs found or log feature requests for the Open-Source-Advisor project.

This project is protected under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License. For more details, refer to the LICENSE file.

The project is supported as ITMO University Research Project in AI Initiative (RPAII).

OSA is tested by the members of ITMO OpenSource community. Useful content from community is available in Open-source-ops

Also, we thank Readme-ai for their code that we used as a foundation for our own version of README generator.

If you use this software, please cite it as below.

ITMO, NSS Lab (2025). Open-Source-Advisor repository [Computer software]. https://github.com/aimclub/OSA

@misc{Open-Source-Advisor,

    author = {ITMO, NSS Lab},

    title = {Open-Source-Advisor repository},

    year = {2025},

    publisher = {github.com},

    journal = {github.com repository},

    howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/aimclub/OSA.git}},

    url = {https://github.com/aimclub/OSA.git}

}