Code Search Tools
Alternatives to LeIndex
The tools Specifiction weighs against LeIndex, from its list of code search tools, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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ast-grep It suits developers who need pattern-based code search, lint rules, or large-scale rewrites across supported languages.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.1 Visit Specs - 02
Understand Understand suits developers and teams that need to navigate or analyze source code across supported languages, including in automated or air-gapped workflows.
From $100/mo Free trial Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.5 Visit Specs - 03 Avidemux Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs
- 04 Semantic Designs Source Code Search Engine
This tool suits teams that need structured searches and code metrics across indexed source repositories.
Free plan Windows · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.3 Visit Specs - 05
Chromium It suits developers learning about, building, or contributing to Chromium and its open-source projects.
Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS8.1 Visit Specs - 06
Code Search It is aimed at organizations that need to search and change code across hundreds or thousands of repositories and want to self-host.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.1 Visit Specs - 07 GNU GLOBAL Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.1 Visit Specs
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Sourcebot Sourcebot suits organizations that want to search and navigate code across multiple repositories while hosting the tool on their own infrastructure.
From $20/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 09 CodeCompass Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.8 Visit Specs
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Code Fundi Code Fundi is suited to teams and developers building AI-agent workflows around repositories, or using code search for modernization and technical due diligence.
From $21/mo Web · API · Browser extension7.8 Visit Specs - 11 OpenGrok
OpenGrok suits teams that want to search and browse source trees through a self-hosted web application.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 12 Shebe
Shebe suits developers and AI coding agents searching large, locally cloned codebases, especially where text matching is useful.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API7.8 Visit Specs - 13
Sourcegraph Code Search From $1,333.33/mo Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted · Browser extension7.8 Visit Specs - 14
sqry sqry suits developers who want to query code relationships locally or connect structural code queries to AI assistants and LSP-compatible editors.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 15
Comby Comby suits developers performing structural code search, broad refactoring, or targeted code changes across a codebase.
Windows · macOS · Linux · API7.7 Visit Specs - 16 Hound
Hound suits developers who want to search code across repositories using regular expressions and a web interface.
Web · macOS · Linux · API7.7 Visit Specs - 17
searchcode It suits developers and AI-assisted workflows that need searchable analysis of public repositories.
Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 18 Source Insight From $119/mo Free trial Windows7.7 Visit Specs
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Cloud Native Buildpacks Lifecycle Linux · Self-hosted7.6 Visit Specs - 20 Imagix 4D Free trial Windows · Linux7.6 Visit Specs
- 21 LXR Cross Referencer Free plan Web · Linux · Self-hosted7.6 Visit Specs
- 22 Krugle Web · macOS · Linux · API7.4 Visit Specs
- 23 Woboq Code Browser Web · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted7.2 Visit Specs
- 24 Zoekt Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted7.2 Visit Specs
- 25 Livegrep Web · Linux · Self-hosted7.1 Visit Specs
- 26 idx macOS · Linux7.0 Visit Specs
- 27 HodorReflexes 6.9 Visit Specs
- 28 Sensegrep Windows · macOS · Linux · API6.8 Visit Specs
- 29 Kythe macOS · Linux · API · Self-hosted6.7 Visit Specs
- 30 ack Windows · macOS · Linux6.2 Visit Specs