ghostcode 0.5.0

Privacy proxy for developers — hide business context before sharing code with AI

GhostCode — Privacy Proxy for Developers

Hide your business logic before sharing code with LLMs. Local-first, open-source, zero telemetry.

GhostCode replaces your private symbols (variable names, functions, strings, comments) with opaque ghost tokens before you share code with AI. The AI sees gv_001 instead of customer_revenue. When you get your answer back, GhostCode restores everything.

Installation

pip install ghostcode

Quick Start

# Hide a file (Level 2: names + comments + literals)
ghost hide my_code.py --level 2

# Paste the ghost output into ChatGPT/Claude, get a response, save it

# Reveal — restore original names in the AI's response
ghost reveal ai_response.py --map-file .ghostcode/maps/my_code_*.json

Privacy Levels

Level	What it does
1	Rename symbols + strip comments
2	+ Scrub string/numeric literals
3	+ Function isolation with stubs
4	+ Dimension generalization

Pre-Send Risk Report

Every ghost hide shows a risk assessment:

• Symbols and literals scrubbed/flagged/kept
• Structural patterns visible to the AI
• Estimated domain exposure: LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH

VS Code Extension

Install the GhostCode VS Code extension for one-click hide/reveal buttons in the editor toolbar.

Supported Languages

• Python (.py)
• C/C++ (.cpp, .cc, .c, .h, .hpp)

Features

• 🔒 AST-based symbol renaming — not regex, real parsing
• 📊 Smart literal scrubbing — keeps 0, 1, pi; scrubs URLs, API keys, business strings
• 🗺️ Ghost Map — bidirectional mapping stored as JSON
• 🔐 Encrypted maps — optional AES encryption for map files
• 📋 Audit logging — immutable JSON logs for compliance
• 🔄 Round-trip reveal — restores names in both code and AI explanations
• ⚡ Zero cloud, zero telemetry — everything runs locally

License

MIT