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Sourcegraph can be used to search and analyze all of an organization's code.<ref name="at"/> During search indexing, the platform builds a global reference graph, which maps an entire codebase and enables functionality such as "go to definition".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thenewstack.io/google-that-code-how-sourcegraph-simplifies-development/ |title=Google That Code: How Sourcegraph Simplifies Development |last=Ramji |first=Sam |date=2022-12-22 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The New Stack}}</ref>

To begin with, Sourcegraph software was initially 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 |first=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 of Sourcegraph’s source code is publicly available and 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 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> 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>