Zoekt
Fast trigram-based code search engine
Zoekt is a fast text search engine optimized specifically for source code, using trigram indexing for rapid regular expression search. It powers code search in several developer platforms.
Key features
- Trigram-indexed search
- Fast regex queries
- Compact index format
- Web and gRPC interfaces
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (1.8k GitHub stars)
- Written in Go
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