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Jun 29, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

FastCode Beats Claude Code: 3× Faster and 50% Cheaper Codebase Understanding

FastCode, an open‑source code‑base understanding framework from HKU, lets large language models read multi‑language repositories up to three times faster and at half the token cost compared with Cursor and Claude Code, offering map‑based indexing, cost‑aware querying, multi‑repo analysis, and seamless editor integration.