Comparison

searchcode vs Zoekt

No leader: the top candidate Zoekt has only 0.14 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
searchcode54
Zoekt59
Score
Vioscale score
searchcode54 / 100low · 32%
Zoekt59 / 100low · 14%
Pricing
Free tier
searchcode
Zoekt
Model
searchcodefreemium
Price level
searchcodefree
Zoektfree
Transparent
searchcode
Zoekt
Integrations
Count
searchcode21
Zoekt
Adoption
Dependent repos
searchcode12
Zoekt50
Github stars
searchcode8,662
Zoekt1,844
Activity
Commits last 30d
searchcode27
Zoekt37
Release
Cadence days
searchcode89
Zoekt
History
searchcode20 items
Zoekt
License
Spdx
searchcodeMIT
Language
Primary
searchcodeGo
ZoektGo
Market
Availability
searchcode

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

searchcode

A system that analyzes GitHub repositories to extract complexity metrics, language composition, and technology stack information. Designed for integration with AI editors via MCP protocol to enable code understanding without cloning repositories.

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.

searchcode

FreeFree tier

Free during beta. No signup or API key required.

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
searchcode
Zoekt
CLI
searchcode
Zoekt
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
searchcode
Zoekt
Self-hosted
searchcode
Zoekt
On-premise
searchcode
Zoekt

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

searchcode

21 total
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Copilot
  • Claude Desktop
  • OpenCode
  • Crush
  • Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • Amp
  • LM Studio
  • Claude
  • GPT
  • Gemini
  • Grok
  • Kimi
  • DeepSeek
  • Mistral
  • Qwen
  • Llama
  • GitHub
Independently observed

Zoekt

Not documented yet.

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