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Zoekt vs grep.app: catalog facts
Zoekt	grep.app
Best for: Teams that want self-hosted search across many code repositories	Best for: Developers looking for real-world usage examples in public code
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free to use in the browser; no paid plan is listed.
Self-hosted, Command line	Web
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	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
Installed with go install; no packaged releases Works best with Universal ctags installed for symbol ranking	Covers public GitHub repositories only Limited to about a million indexed repositories
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Web application
Open source	Not open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Zoekt github.com/sourcegraph/zoekt Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for grep.app grep.app Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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