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Sourcebot
What Sourcebot is
Sourcebot is a self-hosted tool for searching and navigating complex enterprise codebases. Search works across repositories and branches with regular expressions, filters, boolean logic, and suggestions; symbol navigation includes go to definition and find references. Its MCP server lets coding agents search code, read files, and resolve symbols across an organization. Supported code hosts include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gerrit, and Gitea, whether cloud-hosted or self-managed. Ask Sourcebot connectors communicate through MCP and use the connected user’s permission boundaries; documented examples include Linear and Jira. Ask Sourcebot requires at least one language model provider configured, with documented options including OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, and Mistral. Sourcebot is deployed on customer infrastructure as a single Docker container, on-premises or in the cloud. The company says code, indexes, search queries, and AI inputs and outputs remain within the customer environment. Basic is free; Pro costs $20 a month billed per user and includes a 14-day free trial. Enterprise pricing is custom.
Who it suits
It suits organizations that want to search and navigate code across repositories on their own infrastructure. Teams using Ask Sourcebot need to configure at least one language model provider.
What it does well
- Search spans repositories and branches
- Supports multiple code hosts, including self-managed instances
- MCP tools provide code context to coding agents
- Designed to run on customer infrastructure
- Permission syncing can respect repository access
What to know first
- Ask Sourcebot requires a configured language model provider
- Pro costs $20 per user per month
- Enterprise pricing is custom and not listed
Limits
Basic provides code search, Git history and blame, file browsing, and community support. Ask Sourcebot, agent code context, code navigation, SSO, audit logs, permission syncing, and organization management are included in Pro, which costs $20 a month billed per user. The Pro trial lasts 14 days.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Code search · Regex, symbol, and filtered search · Git history and blame · File explorer and code viewer · Self-hosted single Docker image · Community support | Free |
| Pro | per user / month · Everything in Basic · Ask Sourcebot · Agent code context · Code navigation · SSO, audit logs, permission syncing, and organization management · Onboarding support | $20 a month |
| Enterprise | Custom · Everything in Pro · Dedicated Slack support channel · Dedicated support engineer and SLAs · Custom MSA · Offline license | On request |
As sourcebot.dev lists them, read 30 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open Sourcebot's website and choose Basic or start the Pro trial.
- Deploy the single Docker container on your infrastructure, on-premises or in the cloud.
- Connect a supported code host such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gerrit, or Gitea.
- Configure repository permission syncing if code context requests should respect code host permissions.
- For Ask Sourcebot, configure at least one supported language model provider.
- Connect MCP-based Ask Sourcebot connectors such as Linear or Jira if needed.
Verdict
Sourcebot combines repository-wide search and code navigation with tools for coding agents, deployed in the customer environment. Its free Basic tier covers search; Ask Sourcebot and agent context are included in paid Pro.
Questions
Is Sourcebot free?
Yes. Basic costs nothing. Pro costs $20 a month billed per user, and Enterprise has custom pricing.
Does Sourcebot offer a free trial?
Yes. The Pro plan offers a 14-day free trial.
Which platforms and code hosts does Sourcebot support?
Its listed platforms are API, self-hosted, and web. Supported code hosts include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gerrit, and Gitea, in cloud and self-managed forms.
Is Sourcebot open source?
The listed facts do not identify Sourcebot as open source.
Who makes Sourcebot?
The site identifies Taqla Inc. as the provider and says Sourcebot is made in San Francisco.
What integrations and model providers are documented?
Ask Sourcebot connectors communicate over MCP, with Linear and Jira given as examples. Ask Sourcebot requires at least one configured language model provider; documented options include OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, and Mistral.
Facts from Sourcebot's own pages
- Agent context
- Its MCP server gives coding agents tools to search code, read files, and resolve symbols across repositories in an organization. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Code hosts
- Supported code hosts include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gerrit, and Gitea, both cloud and self-managed. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Code navigation
- Sourcebot supports symbol-level code navigation, including go to definition and find references. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Code search
- Code search spans repositories and branches and supports regular expressions, filters, boolean logic, and search suggestions. · docs.sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Connectors
- Ask Sourcebot connectors communicate over MCP and use the connected user's permission boundaries; documented examples include Linear and Jira. · docs.sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Data handling
- The company says code, indexes, search queries, and AI inputs and outputs stay within the customer's environment. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Deployment
- Sourcebot is designed to be self-hosted and ships as a single Docker container for deployment on a user's infrastructure, on-premises or in the cloud. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Founded
- 2024 · sourcebot.dev, 23 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States · sourcebot.dev, 23 Sept 2026
- Maker
- The site identifies Taqla Inc. as the provider and says Sourcebot is made in San Francisco. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Model providers
- Ask Sourcebot requires at least one configured language model provider, and Sourcebot documents providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, and Mistral. · docs.sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Notable requirement
- Ask Sourcebot requires at least one language model provider to be defined in the Sourcebot configuration. · docs.sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Permission syncing
- With permission syncing configured, code context requests respect repository permissions from code host platforms. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- Sourcebot is a self-hosted tool that helps humans and agents search, navigate, and understand complex enterprise codebases. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- Basic includes community support, Pro includes onboarding support, and Enterprise includes a dedicated support engineer and SLAs. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
- Trial
- The Pro plan offers a 14-day free trial. · sourcebot.dev, 30 Sept 2026
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