---
title: "sourcebot-dev/sourcebot: Blazingly fast code search 🏎️ Deployed as a single Docker image 📦 Search million+ lines of code in your GitHub and GitLab repositories 🪄 MIT licensed ✅"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/sourcebot-dev-sourcebot-blazingly-fast-code-search-deployed-as-a-single-docker-image-search-mi-hovexm7wd
source_url: https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2024-10-01T20:28:26.823Z
updated: 2026-03-15T04:51:01.640Z
tags: ["devtools", "docker", "github", "gitlab"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 24
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# sourcebot-dev/sourcebot: Blazingly fast code search 🏎️ Deployed as a single Docker image 📦 Search million+ lines of code in your GitHub and GitLab repositories 🪄 MIT licensed ✅

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 6 min read · 24 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Sourcebot is a fast code indexing and search tool built on the zoekt engine, deployable with a single Docker command. It supports multi-repo searches, including both public and private repositories on GitHub and GitLab. The setup involves creating configuration files and handling authentication tokens for private repositories. Sourcebot offers a modern web interface with features like syntax highlighting and vim-style navigation. Users can disable telemetry by setting the appropriate environment variables.

## Full article

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