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RefactorFirst: Making Codebases Future‑Proof

Mission

RefactorFirst is dedicated to helping developers and teams quickly turn messy, fragile code into clean, maintainable systems, without slowing down delivery so they can enjoy more time with family, friends and those they love.

The goal is to make sustainable software the foundation for innovation, make technical debt visible, and transform refactoring into a proactive, empowering process, not a painful chore.

Why This Matters

Every day, countless projects stall because technical debt grows faster than features.

RefactorFirst provides tooling, guidance, and automation that make it easier to identify, prioritize, and execute refactoring tasks, enabling teams to ship faster, with fewer bugs, and with confidence in their code.

The Impact of Sponsorship

Sponsorship directly fuels:

  • The development of an IntelliJ IDE Plugin
  • New disharmony detectors
  • Educational resources: tutorials, workshops, and best‑practice guides for sustainable coding.
  • Community engagement: mentoring contributors, hosting open discussions, and improving documentation.

Every dollar makes it possible to dedicate more time to building tools that save developers hours, reduce stress, and extend the life of their projects.

Corporate Sponsorship Impact

Corporate sponsorship helps keep RefactorFirst actively maintained, so the tool your team already depends on stays supported long-term.

Why Sponsor RefactorFirst

  • Belief in open source as a force for good.
  • Desire to reduce technical debt in personal projects and across the industry.
  • Commitment to developer happiness and productivity.
  • Support for making refactoring a first‑class citizen in software development.

Join the Effort

If RefactorFirst has helped you write better code or if the mission resonates, consider becoming a sponsor.

Contributions, whether small or large, keep the project alive and evolving.

Meet the team

Featured work

  1. refactorfirst/RefactorFirst

    Identifies and prioritizes Class and Package Cycles and Anti-pattens in Java & Kotlin codebases you should refactor first.

    Java 549
  2. refactorfirst/refactorfirst.github.io

    GitHub Page Static App that aggregates RefactorFirst reports across GitHub

    JavaScript

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