Available worldwide
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.
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
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- GitHub
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Hound alternatives
Other code search we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Security score | 55 | 0.04 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Stars | 71 | 0.03 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 10 | 0.09 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.09 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 14 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 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 | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65% |
Adoption
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | JavaScript | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-18 · 75% |