Getting Started. 1) Get a copy of the stackoverflow database (part of stackexchange data dump): http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/1881-dec-2011 2) Install mysql. 3) Import into Eclipse and build. 4) Import Data. java -cp ".:../lib/*" importdb.DBImport ~/data/stackoverflow/122011\ Stack\ Overflow/posts.xml ~/data/stackoverflow/122011\ Stack\ Overflow/users.xml java -cp ".:../lib/*" importdb.ImportVotes ~/data/stackoverflow/122011\ Stack\ Overflow/votes.xml In Windows, use -cp ".;../lib/*". Running Analysis 1a) Build index query cache - Right now a really slow process! Run BaseAnalysis.EnsureCacheIsBuilt() 1b) Alternatively, use the serialized version of api traceability. http://se.ninlabs.com/exp/crowd/classdoc.tar.gz