Frequently Asked Questions

kandi helps developers build applications faster, saving thousands of development hours through responsible open source reuse. kandi is a SaaS developer platform that helps you to

1. Develop functions faster by reusing code snippets and libraries.
2. Develop projects with kits. Use kits to build your innovative ideas and starters of hackathons.
3. Stay Ahead. Explore 500+ trending topics covering AI, blockchain, fintech and more.

Start using kandi for free here!

Build functions with kandi in 4 steps.

1. Lookup the Use Case: Describe the custom function you want in natural language.
2. Get the code: kandi shows you a list of code snippets and dependent libraries. kandi can find code snippets and libraries from over 650M open-source code assets. Copy the code snippet you need with your IDE.
3. Install Dependent Libraries: kandi also provides the install command for any dependent libraries.
4. Complete building your Function.

kandi Kits help you develop large projects faster. Use kandi Kits to build your new ideas and starters for hackathons. kandi provides a great way to learn complex digital solutions by implementing them.

kandi provides three types of kits:

• 1-Click kits: Enables you to implement, customize, and share your project in minutes.
• Solution kits: Enables you to develop custom functions and applications.
• Guides: Recommends the top code snippets and libraries for different topics.

kandi 1-Click Kits help you build your project or hackathon solution in minutes. You can customize the solution across all layers and share your ideas. 1-Click Kits come with an installer, a fully working solution, source code, and all dependent libraries and are available under a permissive license.

Look for the icon for 1-click kits. Explore 1-click kits here!

kandi Solution Kits help you develop custom functions and try emerging technology solutions. The kandi Solution Kits come with solution approaches, source code, and dependent libraries.

Look for the icon for Solution kits. Explore Solution kits here!

kandi Guides help you look up the best libraries or code snippets across topics. Developers can evaluate based on their project requirements, compatibility, licensing, documentation, and support.

Look for the icon for guides. You can access kandi Guides here!

Use the kandi search bar on the home page or the top of all pages. Enter the repository name or describe the function in simple English and hit find.

You can also apply filters to refine your results. kandi offers filters for programming languages, sources, licenses, support, and security.

kandi offers advanced operators to fine-tune your search:

• Use double quotes to view the results that match the exact search query. E.g., ''discord-api-docs''.
• Prefix ‘+’ before a word in search query, to specify must include in results. E.g., +bike rental project in springboot
• Prefix ‘-’ before a word in search query, to specify must not include in results. E.g., how to parse xml -java

kandi provides advanced filters to shortlist.

• Languages – filter for 22 programming languages.
• Licenses – select licensing terms: Permissive, Weak Copyleft, Strong Copyleft, Others, and No License.
• Support – indicates the level of support you can expect. Indicates popularity of the library in the developer community.
• Security – indicates the security level of the repository. This is measured by vulnerabilities reported, code-level vulnerabilities and hotspots. 
• Sources – filter by sources. kandi covers all major repository providers, package managers, and cloud providers.
• Topics – filter by topic. Topics provide a way to filter by domain or framework. Example – you can filter results by the type of JS framework - React, VueJS etc.

kandi library page provides all the information you need to implement a library.

kandi X-Ray report provides an in-depth analysis of the library. kandi uses AI to score each library on support, quality, security, license, and reuse. You can also view top functions for the library. X-Ray report gives you an instant insight into library to decide if they suit your requirements.

kandi also provides all relevant information about the library aggregated from multiple sources. You can view installation details, related code snippets, community discussions, support details all in one place.

Look for the for icon to save a code snippet or library. All your saved items are added to My Space. You can access My Space on the menu bar – click on the icon.

You can publish kits from . Add libraries and code snippets to a list to publish. You can also add additional information such as deployment instructions using the content editor. When you are done you can publish your list as a kandi kit.

Publish kits that are helpful to the developer community in form of guides, solution kits or 1-click kits. All published kits are subject to editorial moderation.

Yes, kandi is free to use.

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