Shebe

Shebe is ranked #13 of 40 in code search tools on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Free Free Local code search · Apache-2.0 licensed github.com · 4 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Indexing scope: repositories
Deployment: self_hosted
Regex search: No
Code navigation: Yes
IDE extensions: Yes

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Shebe

Purpose: Shebe is a local code-search tool that uses BM25 full-text search for code repositories.
Local processing: The project describes Shebe as requiring no embeddings, GPU, or cloud service.
Search: Code search supports ranked results, phrases, Boolean queries, and literal matching.
MCP tools: Shebe provides 14 MCP tools for coding agents, including search, repository indexing, file reading, and reference finding.
Integrations: The installation guide documents MCP setup and a Zed editor configuration, and points to the organization for VS Code and other editor extensions.
Supported systems: Prebuilt binaries are listed for Linux x86_64 and macOS on Apple Silicon and Intel; Linux ARM64 is listed as planned.
Windows: The installation guide says Windows users need to build Shebe from source.
Repository requirement: Repositories must be cloned locally before indexing, and the README says remote repository URLs are not supported.
Search limitation: Shebe does not provide semantic similarity, so a query such as “login” does not match “authenticate.”
Performance: The README reports 2 ms query latency and indexing rates of 1,928 to 11,210 files per second in its listed benchmarks.
License: The GitHub organization lists the Shebe repository under the Apache-2.0 license.
Security: The README says Shebe runs locally and uses no cloud service; the linked security policy page could not be fetched during this research.
Support: The project provides installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and MCP setup guides in its repository.
Intended users: The project positions Shebe for developers and AI coding agents working with large codebases and says it complements structural tools such as Serena MCP.
Price from: Free

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Best Code Search Tools in 2026#13 of 40

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Sources

github.com/shebe-oss/shebe· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/shebe-oss/shebe/blob/main/docs/guides/m· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/shebe-oss/shebe/blob/main/INSTALLATION.· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/shebe-oss· checked 4 Oct 2026