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Blazingly fast code search 🏎️
About
Sourcebot is a fast code indexing and search tool for your codebases. It is built ontop of the zoekt indexer, originally authored by Han-Wen Nienhuys and now maintained by Sourcegraph.
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Features
- 💻 One-command deployment: Get started instantly using Docker on your own machine.
- 🔍 Multi-repo search: Effortlessly index and search through multiple public and private repositories in GitHub or GitLab.
- ⚡Lightning fast performance: Built on top of the powerful Zoekt search engine.
- 📂 Full file visualization: Instantly view the entire file when selecting any search result.
- 🎨 Modern web app: Enjoy a sleek interface with features like syntax highlighting, light/dark mode, and vim-style navigation
You can try out our public hosted demo here!
Getting Started
Get started with a single docker command:
docker run -p 3000:3000 --rm --name sourcebot ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest
Navigate to localhost:3000 to start searching the Sourcebot repo. Want to search your own repos? Checkout how to configure Sourcebot.
What does this command do?
- Pull and run the Sourcebot docker image from ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest. Make sure you have docker installed.
- Read the repos listed in default config and start indexing them.
- Map port 3000 between your machine and the docker image.
- Starts the web server on port 3000.
Configuring Sourcebot
Sourcebot supports indexing and searching through public and private repositories hosted on
GitHub and
GitLab. This section will guide you through configuring the repositories that Sourcebot indexes.
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Create a new folder on your machine that stores your configs and
.sourcebotcache, and navigate into it:mkdir sourcebot_workspace cd sourcebot_workspace -
Create a new config following the configuration schema to specify which repositories Sourcebot should index. For example, to index llama.cpp:
touch my_config.json echo '{ "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/main/schemas/index.json", "Configs": [ { "Type": "github", "GitHubUser": "ggerganov", "Name": "^llama\\\\.cpp$" } ] }' > my_config.json(For more examples, see example-config.json. For additional usage information, see the configuration schema).
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Run Sourcebot and point it to the new config you created with the
-e CONFIG_PATHflag:docker run -p 3000:3000 --rm --name sourcebot -v $(pwd):/data -e CONFIG_PATH=/data/my_config.json ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latestWhat does this command do?
- Pull and run the Sourcebot docker image from ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest.
- Mount the current directory (
-v $(pwd):/data) to allow Sourcebot to persist the.sourcebotcache. - Mirrors (clones) llama.cpp at
HEADinto.sourcebot/github/ggerganov/llama.cpp. - Indexes llama.cpp into a .zoekt index file in
.sourcebot/index/. - Map port 3000 between your machine and the docker image.
- Starts the web server on port 3000.
You should see a
.sourcebotfolder in your current directory. This folder stores a cache of the repositories zoekt has indexed. TheHEADcommit of a repository is re-indexed every hour. Indexing private repos? See Providing an access token.Warning
Depending on the size of your repo(s), SourceBot could take a couple of minutes to finish indexing. SourceBot doesn't currently support displaying indexing progress in real-time, so please be patient while it finishes. You can track the progress manually by investigating the
.sourcebotcache in your workspace.Using GitLab?
tl;dr: A
GITLAB_TOKENis required to index GitLab repositories (both private & public). See Providing an access token.Currently, the GitLab indexer is restricted to only indexing repositories that the associated
GITLAB_TOKENhas access to. For example, if the token has access tofoo,bar, andbazrepositories, the following config will index all three:{ "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/main/schemas/index.json", "Configs": [ { "Type": "gitlab" } ] }
Providing an access token
This will depend on the code hosting platform you're using:
GitHub
In order to index private repositories, you'll need to generate a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) and pass it to Sourcebot. Create a new PAT here and make sure you select the repo scope:
You'll need to pass this PAT each time you run Sourcebot by setting the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable:
docker run -p 3000:3000 --rm --name sourcebot -e GITHUB_TOKEN=[your-github-token] -e CONFIG_PATH=/data/my_config.json -v $(pwd):/data ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest
GitLab
Note
An access token is required to index GitLab repositories (both private & public) since the GitLab indexer needs the token to determine which repositories to index. See example-config.json for example usage.
Generate a GitLab Personal Access Token (PAT) here and make sure you select the read_api scope:
You'll need to pass this PAT each time you run Sourcebot by setting the GITLAB_TOKEN environment variable:
docker run -p 3000:3000 --rm --name sourcebot -e GITLAB_TOKEN=[your-gitlab-token] -e CONFIG_PATH=/data/my_config.json -v $(pwd):/data ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest
Using a self-hosted GitLab / GitHub instance
If you're using a self-hosted GitLab or GitHub instance with a custom domain, there is some additional config required:
GitHub
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In your config, add the
GitHubURLfield to point to your deployment's URL. For example:{ "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/main/schemas/index.json", "Configs": [ { "Type": "github", "GitHubUrl": "https://github.example.com" } ] } -
Set the
GITHUB_HOSTNAMEenvironment variable to your deployment's hostname. For example:docker run -e GITHUB_HOSTNAME=github.example.com /* additional args */ ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest
GitLab
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In your config, add the
GitLabURLfield to point to your deployment's URL. For example:{ "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/main/schemas/index.json", "Configs": [ { "Type": "gitlab", "GitLabURL": "https://gitlab.example.com" } ] } -
Set the
GITLAB_HOSTNAMEenvironment variable to your deployment's hostname. For example:docker run -e GITLAB_HOSTNAME=gitlab.example.com /* additional args */ ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest
Build from source
Note
Building from source is only required if you'd like to contribute. The recommended way to use Sourcebot is to use the pre-built docker image.
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Install
go and
NodeJS. Note that a NodeJS version of at least
21.1.0is required. -
Install ctags (required by zoekt-indexserver)
// macOS: brew install universal-ctags // Linux: snap install universal-ctags -
Clone the repository with submodules:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot.git -
Run
maketo build zoekt and install dependencies:cd sourcebot makeThe zoekt binaries and web dependencies are placed into
binandnode_modulesrespectively. -
Create a
config.jsonfile at the repository root. See Configuring Sourcebot for more information. -
(Optional) Depending on your
config.json, you may need to pass an access token to Sourcebot:GitHub
First, generate a personal access token (PAT). See Providing an access token.
Next, Create a text file named
.github-tokenin your home directory and paste the token in it. The file should look like:ghp_...zoekt will read this file to authenticate with GitHub.
First, generate a personal access token (PAT). See [Providing an access token](#providing-an-access-token).GitLab
Next, Create a text file named
.gitlab-tokenin your home directory and paste the token in it. The file should look like:glpat-...zoekt will read this file to authenticate with GitLab.
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Start Sourcebot with the command:
yarn devA
.sourcebotdirectory will be created and zoekt will begin to index the repositories found givenconfig.json. -
Start searching at
http://localhost:3000.
Telemetry
By default, Sourcebot collects anonymized usage data through PostHog to help us improve the performance and reliability of our tool. We do not collect or transmit any information related to your codebase. In addition, all events are sanitized to ensure that no sensitive or identifying details leave your machine. The data we collect includes general usage statistics and metadata such as query performance (e.g., search duration, error rates) to monitor the application's health and functionality. This information helps us better understand how Sourcebot is used and where improvements can be made :)
If you'd like to disable all telemetry, you can do so by setting the environment variable SOURCEBOT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED to 1 in the docker run command:
docker run -e SOURCEBOT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1 /* additional args */ ghcr.io/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot:latest
Or if you are building locally, create a .env.local file at the repository root with the following contents:
SOURCEBOT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
NEXT_PUBLIC_SOURCEBOT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1

