# The Silver Searcher vs Zoekt

| Attribute | The Silver Searcher | Zoekt |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 19.7 (15% (low)) | 58.7 (14% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | 37 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 50 |
| adoption.github_stars | 27,108 | 1,844 |
| deployment.options | - | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 2 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"TextMate"},{"name":"Vim (helm-ag)"}]` | - |
| language.primary | C | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:52:02.252Z"}` |
| pricing.model | - | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| security.scorecard | 3.4 | 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 | The Silver Searcher | 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 2026-09-01T17:22:32.393Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*