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grep.app vs Zoekt: catalog facts
grep.app	Zoekt
Best for: Developers looking for real-world usage examples in public code	Best for: Teams that want self-hosted search across many code repositories
Free Free to use in the browser; no paid plan is listed.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Web	Self-hosted, Command line
Searches code, files and paths across many repositories at once Nothing to install or clone All 3 strengths for grep.app Searches code, files and paths across many repositories at once Nothing to install or clone No account needed	Fast substring and regex search over large codebases Ranking uses symbol information All 3 strengths for Zoekt Fast substring and regex search over large codebases Ranking uses symbol information Web UI and API for searching synced repositories
Covers public GitHub repositories only Limited to about a million indexed repositories	Installed with go install; no packaged releases Works best with Universal ctags installed for symbol ranking
Web application	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for grep.app grep.app Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Zoekt github.com/sourcegraph/zoekt Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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