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cost-estimate

Scan any codebase (GitHub URL or local path) and calculate what a real dev team would charge to build it. Analyzes complexity across 7 facto

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Scan any codebase (GitHub URL or local path) and calculate what a real dev team would charge to build it. Analyzes complexity across 7 factors, estimates human hours, and produces a detailed cost report for 6 hiring scenarios: Solo Dev (US), Lean Startup (US), Growth Company (US), Enterprise (US), Polish Software House, and Polish Internal Team. Includes 2025-2026 market rates from Bulldogjob, JustJoinIT, NoFluffJobs, Salary.com, and Glassdoor. Shows AI-assisted development ROI with speed multiplier and cost savings vs traditional teams.

Details

Kind
Plugins
Topic
Version control
Publisher
exhuman777
Origin
marketplace
Category
ferramentas
Last push
2026-03-30T10:14:56Z
Repository state
ativo
Added
2026-08-30 01:48:58
Updated
2026-08-30 01:48:58
Origin id
exhuman777/cost-estimate/cost-estimate

README

# cost-estimate

Claude Code plugin that scans any codebase and calculates what a real dev team would charge to build it.

## What it does

- Accepts GitHub URLs or local paths
- Scans files, counts LOC, detects integrations and infra
- Scores complexity across 7 factors (frontend, backend, integrations, infra, domain, real-time, security)
- Calculates costs for 6 scenarios: Solo Dev (US), Lean Startup (US), Growth Company (US), Enterprise (US), Polish Software House, Polish Internal Team
- Compares AI-assisted dev time vs traditional team effort
- Shows Polish market context with PLN figures

## Install

```bash
/install-plugin exhuman777/cost-estimate
```

## Usage

```
/cost-estimate https://github.com/owner/repo
/cost-estimate ~/projects/my-app
/cost-estimate                          # scans current directory
```

## Output

Terminal-style report with:
- Codebase analysis (LOC, languages, dependencies, integrations)
- Complexity score breakdown
- Cost table across 6 hiring scenarios (US + Poland)
- Polish market context (B2B rates, salary comparisons, market trends 2025-2026)
- AI ROI metrics (speed multiplier, cost savings, value per Claude hour)

## Rate Sources

Bulldogjob IT Community Report 2025, JustJoinIT 2026, NoFluffJobs, Salary.com, Glassdoor, Devico, Qubit Labs. Exchange rate: 1 USD ~ 4.0 PLN (March 2026).

## File Map

```
.claude-plugin/plugin.json              # Plugin manifest
skills/cost-estimate/SKILL.md           # Main skill prompt
skills/cost-estimate/references/
  rates.md                              # US + Polish market rate tables
  report-template.md                    # Output report template
```

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