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'''Sourcegraph''' is a code search and code intelligence tool that semantically indexes and analyzes large codebases so that they can be searched across commercial, [[Open source|open-source]], local, and cloud-based [[Information repository|repositories]].<ref name="lwn">{{Cite web |last=Hoyt |first=Ben |date=2020-08-17 |title=Searching code with Sourcegraph |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/828748/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=LWN.net}}</ref> Sourcegraph supports all major programming languages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/sourcegraph-3.0 |title=Announcing Sourcegraph 3.0 |last=Slack |first=Quinn |date=2019-02-08 |website=Sourcegraph official website |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>

== 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’sLiu'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"tackle the big code problem”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’sorganization's code.<ref name="at"/>

To begin with, Sourcegraph software was self-hosted by each customer 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 2016, Sourcegraph was criticized<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> for being provided with a Fair Source License with the developers explaining<ref>{{cite report |authorfirst=Nadia |last=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" /> that “all"all of Sourcegraph’s source code is publicly available and hackable”hackable"<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> and was aimed to “help"help open sourcers strike a balance between getting paid and preserving their values”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> In 2018, Sourcegraph was licensed under the [[Apache License|Apache License 2.0]].<ref name="dc" /><ref>{{Cite podcast |url=https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/032.html |title=Basic Developer Human Rights: Quinn Slack |website=Future of Coding |host=Steve Krouse |date=2019-10-24 |access-date=2022-11-21}}</ref> and Sourcegraph OSS has since been released under the Apache License 2.0 while the commercial version, Sourcegraph Enterprise, has been released under its own license.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Licensing |url=https://handbook.sourcegraph.com/departments/engineering/product/process/gtm/licensing/#sts=Talking%20about%20license,%20plans,%20users |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Sourcegraph Handbook}}</ref>

In 2019, Sourcegraph was integrated into the [[GitLab]] codebase, giving 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>

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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’sSourcegraph'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’sSourcegraph's universal code search functionality.

* Sourcegraph Enterprise (previously Sourcegraph Data Center<ref name="dc">{{Cite web |url=https://devclass.com/2018/10/02/sourcegraph-becomes-open-source-project/ |title=Sourcegraph pulls back the curtain, becomes open source project |last=Schmidt |first=Julia |date=2018-10-02 |website=DevClass |access-date=2022-11-21}}</ref>), which includes the Sourcegraph code intelligence platform and has a free tier for a limited number of users.

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