Available worldwide
What is Hound?
A self-hosted code search tool that maintains an up-to-date index for repositories and provides search capabilities through a web interface and minimal API.
Hound pricing
We don't have Hound's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source
What Hound does
The capabilities that matter for code search, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Search scope
- -
- 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
- Open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Self-hosted
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- GitHub
- Version Control Systems
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Hound FAQ
Common questions about Hound, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Hound?
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. It is indexed under Code Search.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Is Hound free to use?
Hound is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
What platforms does Hound support?
Hound supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Can Hound be self-hosted?
Yes. Hound can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Is Hound open source?
Yes. Hound is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Hound alternatives
Other code search we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- OpenGroklow · 26%
- ZoektFast source code search engine using trigram indexing for substring and pattern matchinglow · 24%
- searchcodeCode intelligence platform that analyzes git repositories to extract language, complexity, and tech stack details for AI assistantslow · 35%
- ugrepA command-line pattern matching tool that offers enhanced search capabilities beyond traditional grep.low · 25%
- SourcegraphCode search and intelligence platform for understanding and managing large codebases with AI assistancelow · 41%
- ripgrepA command-line utility for finding text in files using regular expression patternslow · 30%
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Hound, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.08 | 4.8 | ✓ |
| Security score | 55 | 0.05 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| Stars | 71 | 0.03 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 15 | 0.12 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 14 | 0.07 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.05 | 0.5 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Cli tool: Yes · Cloud saas: No · Open source: Yes · Pricing model: open_source · Self hostable: Yes · Index architecture: trigram-index | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | JavaScript | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Scorecard | 5.5 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=hound&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Trust center | https://github.com/security | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
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