RepoSeance: Resurrecting Dead Code with Local Open-Weight AI

Hacktoberfest Week 4 featured two distinct open-source AI projects. RepoSeance serves as a local-first software archaeology tool designed to help engineers understand archived codebases and recover lost institutional knowledge. Meanwhile, GhostStory AI is a spooky story generator that utilizes Ollama and Qwen 2.5 to create original narratives with customizable characters, settings, and moods. Both projects emphasize the importance of open-weight models to increase accessibility for developers and reduce reliance on hosted AI services.