Comparison

OpenGrok vs Zoekt

No leader: the top candidate OpenGrok has only 0.18 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
OpenGrok59
Zoekt59
Score
Vioscale score
OpenGrok59 / 100low · 18%updating
Zoekt59 / 100low · 14%updating
Pricing
Free tier
OpenGrok
Zoekt
Model
Price level
OpenGrokfree
Zoektfree
Adoption
Dependent repos
OpenGrok
Zoekt50
Github stars
OpenGrok4,921
Zoekt1,844
Activity
Commits last 30d
OpenGrok32
Zoekt37
Release
Cadence days
OpenGrok12
Zoekt
History
OpenGrok20 items
Zoekt
License
Spdx
OpenGrok
Language
Primary
OpenGrokJava
ZoektGo
Market
Availability
OpenGrok

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for code search. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Search scope
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Index architecture
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Code intelligence
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Semantic AI search
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Self hostable
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Cloud saas
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Editor ide integration
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
CLI tool
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Monorepo scale proven
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Public code index
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Open source
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-
Pricing model
OpenGrok-
Zoekt-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

OpenGrok

A source code indexing and search tool that enables developers to search, cross-reference, and navigate codebases across multiple programming languages and version control systems. It maintains history and blame information for comprehensive code understanding.

Independently observed

Zoekt

An open-source full-text search tool designed for source code, supporting fast substring and regular expression matching with boolean operators, code-aware ranking, and the ability to search across individual repositories or large codebases.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

OpenGrok

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Zoekt

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
OpenGrok
Zoekt
CLI
OpenGrok
Zoekt
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
OpenGrok
Zoekt
Self-hosted
OpenGrok
Zoekt
On-premise
OpenGrok
Zoekt

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.