# sourcebot-dev/sourcebot

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

Repository: https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sourcebot
Homepage: https://sourcebot.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: code-search, code-intelligence, sourcebot, fair-source
Last push: 2026-08-25T22:09:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 52
- inputs: {"age_days": 740, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 2.0, "n_releases_24m": 161}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3905, forks 358 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:28.702304+00:00)

## What it is
Sourcebot is a self-hosted code search and code intelligence platform that indexes repos across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gerrit, and Gitea. It provides fast regex/symbol search, IDE-level code navigation, natural-language Q&A over the codebase, and an MCP server that gives coding agents context across every repo.

## Use cases
- search across all my repos and branches regardless of code host
- self-hosted sourcegraph alternative for code search
- give coding agents like Claude Code or Cursor context across the whole company codebase
- ask natural language questions about a large codebase with citations
- find references and go to definition across multiple repositories
- let non-engineers get answers about the codebase without asking developers

## When to choose
- you need fast cross-repo code search on your own infrastructure
- you want a cheaper self-hosted alternative to Sourcegraph
- your AI coding agents lack context beyond local repos
- your code is spread across multiple code hosts and you need unified search and navigation

## When to avoid
- you only need search within a single local repository
- you require a fully open-source license rather than fair-source with paid tiers
- you cannot run Docker or Kubernetes in your environment
- you need offline air-gapped deployment without an enterprise license

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, rag, mcp, developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, large-language-models, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cli
- tags: code-search, code-navigation, code-intelligence, sourcegraph-alternative, mcp-server, agent-context, fair-source, search, ai-agents, docker, kubernetes, web-server

## Member repositories
- sourcebot-dev/sourcebot (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:28.702304+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:25:08.276417+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:28.702304+00:00, sha 6c0008b2f738)
  - homepage: https://sourcebot.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:19:31.656745+00:00, sha c3d5befc1bae)
  - site_page: https://docs.sourcebot.dev/docs/deployment/deploy-sourcebot (fetched 2026-08-29T09:19:31.671161+00:00, sha 59ec9556203b)
  - site_page: https://docs.sourcebot.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:19:31.669409+00:00, sha ee32528fb1a7)
  - site_page: https://docs.sourcebot.dev/docs/free-trial (fetched 2026-08-29T09:19:31.673853+00:00, sha aece25d85e9d)
  - site_page: https://www.sourcebot.dev/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:19:31.665945+00:00, sha 0f787c7f0a9c)
  - site_page: https://www.sourcebot.dev/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T09:19:31.667776+00:00, sha f76e6c947ab8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.