# Hound vs Sourcegraph

| Attribute | Hound | Sourcegraph |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 36.6 (32% (low)) | 40.2 (42% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,874 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":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. | Sourcegraph enables developers to search across all their repositories, understand code dependencies and relationships, and coordinate large-scale changes. It includes AI-powered code assistance to help teams write and fix code faster. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"cli_tool":true,"cloud_saas":true,"open_source":false,"search_scope":"multi-repo-org","pricing_model":"per-seat-saas","self_hostable":true,"code_intelligence":true,"public_code_index":false,"index_architecture":"trigram-index","semantic_ai_search":true,"monorepo_scale_proven":true,"editor_ide_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | JavaScript | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"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":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Starter","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Premium Support"}],"currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://sourcegraph.com/docs/pricing/faqs","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:36:48.632Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | quote |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 154 | - |
| 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"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.5 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| 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 | Sourcegraph |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Search scope | - | Multi repo org |
| Index architecture | - | Trigram index |
| Code intelligence | - | ✓ |
| Semantic AI search | - | ✓ |
| Self hostable | - | ✓ |
| Cloud saas | - | ✓ |
| Editor ide integration | - | ✓ |
| CLI tool | - | ✓ |
| Monorepo scale proven | - | ✓ |
| Public code index | - | ✗ |
| Open source | - | ✗ |
| Pricing model | - | Per seat saas |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:45:47.520Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*