Code Fundi vs Hound

Code Fundi turns indexed repositories into searchable maps of a codebase for AI agents, teams, and applications. Search combines semantic search with documentation-aware and code grep; research adds AI synthesis grounded in repository search results. Its blast-radius analysis maps dependents, data flows, entry points, and call edges, and requires a DEV plan or higher. Users can access it through a web app, MCP server, HTTP API, or extensions for VS Code and Cursor; the maker also lists Windsurf support. The versioned API covers search, research, indexing, blast-radius analysis, Markdown blueprints, file documentation, history, and account utilities. Private repositories require a linked GitHub account with access. The maker says proprietary code is not used to train public models and describes its approach as zero-data retention. Plans set credit allowances, private repository caps, usage-log retention, and Markdown detail levels; research and chat can add model usage on top of base credit costs. Free includes 500 credits and email support; paid plans are Dev at $21 a month, Startup at $62 a month, and Pro at $210 a month.

Hound is a free source code search engine that indexes repositories and offers a web interface and a minimal API. Its Go backend maintains a current index for each repository, while its static React frontend provides the web UI. Search uses regular-expression matching with a trigram index. Hound supports Git, Mercurial, SVN, Bazaar, and local repositories; private repositories can be indexed from local directories or reached through file or SSH-style URLs. By default, it checks configured repository URLs for updates every 30 seconds, with an interval that can be changed per repository. It can be built from source or run from the project's Docker image, and the web UI defaults to localhost:6080. Plugins are available for Sublime Text, Vim, Emacs, and Visual Studio Code. Hound is tested on macOS and CentOS and is expected to work on Unix-like systems, but Windows is not supported. It does not support TLS itself; the README suggests running it behind Apache or nginx. Hound uses the MIT license, and the latest listed release is v0.7.1, published May 3, 2023.