| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Code Search Tools | 8.1 (#7) | 7.5 (#22) |
| Integrations | The documentation lists use with Emacs, Vi, Less, Bash, web browsers, and Doxygen. | The README documents MCP integrations for Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Zed, Amp, OpenCode, Qwen CLI, Gemini CLI, iFlow CLI, Droid, and Claude Desktop. |
| License | GNU GLOBAL is free software that may be copied, modified, and redistributed under the GNU GPL. | The repository lists the project under the MIT license. |
| Operating systems | The project says GNU GLOBAL supports UNIX (POSIX) environments; its download page lists outside binary packages for Windows, Mac OS X, AIX, HP-UX, Fedora, Debian, FreeBSD, and NetBSD. | The README includes Windows, macOS, and Linux installation references and runtime library formats. |