Code search servers

Index many repositories and search them from a web UI.

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Code search servers
Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Hound	5.9k	MIT	Open source	Yes	JavaScript	v0.7.1	2026-09-10
OpenGrok	5k	Other	Open source	Yes	Java	1.14.19	2026-09-30
Sourcebot	4k	Other	Source available	Yes	TypeScript	v5.1.15	2026-10-06
Zoekt	1.9k	Apache-2.0	Open source	Yes	Go	none	2026-09-23

4 tools

Lightning fast code searching made easy

Language: JavaScript
Licence: MIT
Stars: 5.9k
Latest: v0.7.1
Last push: 2026-09-10

OpenGrok is a fast and usable source code search and cross reference engine, written in Java

Language: Java
Licence: Other
Stars: 5k
Latest: 1.14.19
Last push: 2026-09-30

Sourcebot is a self-hosted tool that helps humans and agents understand your codebase.

Language: TypeScript
Licence: Other
Stars: 4k
Latest: v5.1.15
Last push: 2026-10-06

Fast trigram based code search

Language: Go
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 1.9k
Last push: 2026-09-23

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