---
title: "The technology behind GitHub’s new code search"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-technology-behind-github-s-new-code-search--pp79xbku
source_url: https://github.blog/2023-02-06-the-technology-behind-githubs-new-code-search/
type: article
source: "GitHub Blog"
published: 2023-02-06T17:02:21.213Z
updated: 2024-04-09T16:29:20.374Z
tags: ["github", "rust"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 34
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# The technology behind GitHub’s new code search

**[GitHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog)** · 12 min read · 34 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

GitHub built their own search engine, called Blackbird, for code search due to poor user experience and scalability issues with existing solutions. Searching code is different from general text search and requires unique features and capabilities. GitHub's code search system handles over 45 million repositories, 115 TB of code, and 15.5 billion documents.

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**@khotaditya579** · 0 upvotes

> Microsoft is leading it.

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