# OpenGrok vs Zoekt

| Attribute | OpenGrok | Zoekt |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59 (18% (low)) | 58.7 (14% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 32 | 37 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 50 |
| adoption.github_stars | 4,921 | 1,844 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| language.primary | Java | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://oracle.github.io/opengrok/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:49:10.845Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:52:02.252Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 12 | - |
| release.history | `[{"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 | 5.2 | 7.1 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsourcegraph%2Fzoekt&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Code Search)

| Capability | OpenGrok | Zoekt |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T14:31:58.734Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*