# Hound vs OpenGrok

| Attribute | Hound | OpenGrok |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 36.6 (32% (low)) | 59 (18% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | 32 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,874 | 4,921 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source code search engine that rapidly indexes and searches across multiple Git repositories using an efficient trigram-based algorithm, with a React frontend and Go backend. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"}]` | - |
| language.primary | JavaScript | Java |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:49:53.507Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://oracle.github.io/opengrok/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:49:10.845Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 154 | 12 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.7.1","date":"2023-05-03T19:10:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2023-04-25T18:03:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2022-09-14T17:43:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.5.1","date":"2022-06-22T13:02:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2022-06-10T16:30:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2021-02-25T22:54:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2020-06-28T19:25:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.2.0","date":"2015-02-02T17:52:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/0.1","date":"2015-01-28T15:07:38Z","type":"stable","version":"0.1"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.17","date":"2026-08-24T15:36:42Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.16","date":"2026-08-17T16:21:56Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.15","date":"2026-06-15T18:24:26Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.14","date":"2026-06-02T16:12:39Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.13","date":"2026-05-26T17:37:46Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.12","date":"2026-05-21T19:32:21Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.11","date":"2026-02-05T16:57:39Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.10","date":"2026-01-23T20:49:05Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.9","date":"2026-01-22T22:23:21Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.8","date":"2026-01-21T22:41:09Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.7","date":"2026-01-21T12:00:25Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.6","date":"2026-01-07T14:35:42Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.5","date":"2026-01-05T14:34:49Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.4","date":"2025-10-20T19:58:16Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.3","date":"2025-09-18T15:49:43Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.2","date":"2025-08-20T11:05:17Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.1","date":"2025-06-17T07:28:32Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.14.0","date":"2025-05-27T07:12:56Z","type":"stable","version":"1.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.13.31","date":"2025-05-22T14:57:12Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.31"},{"url":"https://github.com/oracle/opengrok/releases/tag/1.13.30","date":"2025-05-15T07:48:02Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.30"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=hound&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Code Search)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:12:32.274Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*