sourcebot-dev

    sourcebot-dev/sourcebot

    Sourcebot is a self-hosted tool that helps humans and agents understand your codebase.

    self-hosted
    code-intelligence
    code-search
    fair-source
    sourcebot
    Python
    MIT
    4.0K stars
    373 forks
    4.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 27, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 64 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a self-hosted platform to understand and navigate codebases using natural language queries and advanced code search.
    • Enables detailed, citation-backed answers about code with IDE-level navigation across multiple repos and branches in one unified tool.
    • Use for querying complex codebase questions in natural language to quickly gain insights without manual code exploration.
    • Use for performing fast, regex-supported code searches across all repositories and branches regardless of hosting platform.
    • Use for exploring and navigating code with an integrated file explorer and cross-repo code navigation features for developers and teams.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    Sourcebot is a self-hosted tool that helps you understand your codebase.

    Try it out in our public demo!

    Ask Sourcebot gives you the ability to ask complex questions about your codebase in natural language.

    It uses Sourcebot's existing code search and navigation tools to allow reasoning models to search your code, follow code nav references, and provide an answer that's rich with inline citations and navigable code snippets.

    Excerpt from the sourcebot-dev/sourcebot README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 12: +20

    +361 stars over 90 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +20 on Aug 12.

    Forks

    373+43

    Open issues

    96-79

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