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== History ==
Sourcegraph was developed by [[Stanford University|Stanford]] graduates Quinn Slack and Beyang Liu and was first released in 2013.<ref name="vb1">{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=2020-03-03 |title=Sourcegraph raises $23 million to bring universal code search to all developers |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/sourcegraph-raises-23-million-to-bring-universal-code-search-to-all-developers/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=VentureBeat}}</ref><ref name="at">{{Cite web |last=Salter |first=Jim |date=2020-10-01 |title=Sourcegraph: Devs are managing 100x more code now than they did in 2010 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/10/sourcegraph-devs-are-managing-100x-more-code-now-than-they-did-in-2010/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref> Partly inspired by Liu’s experience using [[Google Code Search]] while he was a Google intern,<ref name="cl">{{Cite podcast |url=https://changelog.com/podcast/217 |title=Sourcegraph the 'Google for Code' |website=Changelog |host=Adam Stacoviak |date=2016-08-16 |access-date=2022-11-21 }}</ref> Sourcegraph was developed to “tackle the big code problem” by enabling developers to manage large [[codebase]]s that span multiple repositories, programming languages, file formats, and projects.<ref name="vb2">{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=2020-12-03 |title=Sourcegraph raises $50 million to tackle 'big code' problems with universal search |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/sourcegraph-raises-50-million-to-tackle-big-code-problems-with-universal-search/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=VentureBeat}}</ref> The platform can be used to search and analyze all of an organization’s code.<ref name="at"/>
To begin with, Sourcegraph
In 2016, Sourcegraph
▲To begin with, Sourcegraph customers self-hosted the platform on their own infrastructure.<ref name="vb4">{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=2021-08-19 |title=Sourcegraph plans to index the entire open source web |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/sourcegraph-plans-to-index-the-entire-open-source-web/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}</ref> Early customers included [[Uber]], [[Dropbox]], and [[Lyft]].<ref name="vb4"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/enterprise-cloud |title=Sourcegraph Cloud: secure, scalable, dedicated instances for enterprises |last=Slack |first=Quinn |date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Sourcegraph Blog}}</ref>
In 2019, Sourcegraph was integrated into the [[GitLab]] codebase,
In 2021, a browser-based portal became available enabling users to search open-source projects and personal private code for free.<ref name="vb4"/>
▲In 2016, Sourcegraph collaborated with technology licensing lawyer Heather Meeker to develop the Fair Source License,<ref>{{cite report |author=Nadia Eghbal |date=2016 |title=Roads and bridges. The Unseen labor behind our digital infrastructure |url=http://brochures.sisalp.fr/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure.pdf |pages=94–95 |access-date=2022-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fair Source License |url=https://fair.io/?a |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Fair Source License official website}}</ref><ref name="cl" /> announcing in May 2016 that “all of Sourcegraph’s source code is publicly available and hackable, under the Fair Source License.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sourcegraph developer release: A better way to discover and understand code |url=https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/the-sourcegraph-developer-release-a-better-way-to-discover-and-understand-code |date=2016-05-30 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Sourcegraph Blog |language=en}}</ref> The license aimed to “help open sourcers strike a balance between getting paid and preserving their values,”<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/03/former-open-sourcers-ask-companies-pay-fair-share/ |title=One Startup's Heretical Plan to Turn Open Source Code Into Cash |last=Finley |first=Klint |date=2016-03-29 |access-date=2022-11-21 |magazine=Wired}}</ref> but came under fire for undermining open-source licensing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/fair-source-licensing-is-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-open-source-definitely-maybe/ |title=Fair Source licensing is the worst thing to happen to open source-definitely maybe |last=Asay |first=Matt |date=2016-04-01 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=TechRepublic}}</ref>
▲In 2019, Sourcegraph integrated into the [[GitLab]] codebase, which gave GitLab users access to a [[Web browser|browser]]-based developer platform.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Native code intelligence is coming to GitLab |url=https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2019/11/12/sourcegraph-code-intelligence-integration-for-gitlab/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=GitLab |language=en}}</ref>
As of July 2021, some of Sourcegraph’s customers include [[Adidas]], [[Lyft]], [[Uber]], [[Yelp]],<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |date=2020-04-03 |title=Q&A: Sourcegraph's Universal Code Search Tool |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/sourcegraph-universal-code-search-tool |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=IEEE Spectrum |language=en}}</ref> [[Plaid (company)|Plaid]], [[General Electric|GE]], [[Atlassian]],<ref name="tc">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Ron |date=2021-07-13 |title=Sourcegraph raises $125M Series D on $2.6B valuation for universal code search tool |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/13/sourcegraph-raises-125m-series-d-on-2-6b-valuation-for-universal-code-search-tool/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[PayPal]], [[Qualtrics]], and [[Cloudflare]].<ref name="vb2" />▼
▲Sourcegraph integrated its code search platform with [[Cloud computing|cloud-based technology]] in August 2021, launching a browser-based portal that anyone can use to search open-source projects and personal private code for free.<ref name="vb4"/> Sourcegraph Cloud, a single-tenant cloud solution for organizations with over 100 developers, was launched in 2022, marking a shift in the company’s business model toward a SaaS model.<ref>{{cite web |last=Slack |first=Quinn |date=2022-08-27 |title=Sourcegraph Cloud: secure, scalable, dedicated instances for enterprises |url=https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/enterprise-cloud |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Sourcegraph}}</ref><ref name="vb4"/>
== Applications ==
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In [[Computer security|cybersecurity]], Sourcegraph has been used for better insights into source code during penetration tests.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rehberger |first=Johann |year=2020 |title=Cybersecurity Attacks – Red Team Strategies: A practical guide to building a penetration testing program having homefield advantage |publisher=Packt Publishing Ltd |pages=216–224 |isbn=9781838825508}}</ref>
▲As of July 2021, some of Sourcegraph’s customers include [[Adidas]], [[Lyft]], [[Uber]], [[Yelp]],<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |date=2020-04-03 |title=Q&A: Sourcegraph's Universal Code Search Tool |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/sourcegraph-universal-code-search-tool |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=IEEE Spectrum |language=en}}</ref> [[Plaid (company)|Plaid]], [[General Electric|GE]], [[Atlassian]],<ref name="tc">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Ron |date=2021-07-13 |title=Sourcegraph raises $125M Series D on $2.6B valuation for universal code search tool |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/13/sourcegraph-raises-125m-series-d-on-2-6b-valuation-for-universal-code-search-tool/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[PayPal]], [[Qualtrics]], and [[Cloudflare]].<ref name="vb2" />
== Core features ==
The core Sourcegraph product has two versions:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sourcegraph Enterprise vs. Sourcegraph Open Source (Sourcegraph OSS) |url=https://handbook.sourcegraph.com/departments/ce-support/ce/onboarding/enterprise-vs-oss/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Sourcegraph Handbook}}</ref>
* Sourcegraph Open Source (Sourcegraph OSS), which is free to use and only includes Sourcegraph’s universal code search functionality.
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== Ownership ==
* [[Software as a service|SaaS]]
* [[Code reviewing software|Code review software]]
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