# Hound vs The Silver Searcher

| Attribute | Hound | The Silver Searcher |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 36.6 (32% (low)) | 19.7 (15% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,874 | 27,108 |
| deployment.options | `{"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 code search tool that prioritizes speed, offering substantially faster search performance compared to similar tools. Supports integration with multiple editors and runs across macOS, Linux, Windows, and other Unix-like systems. |
| integrations.count | 1 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"}]` | `[{"name":"TextMate"},{"name":"Vim (helm-ag)"}]` |
| language.primary | JavaScript | C |
| license.spdx | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:49:53.507Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | - |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| 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.scorecard | 5.5 | 3.4 |
| 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 | The Silver Searcher |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T14:46:54.447Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*