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What it is
searchcode provides code intelligence dossiers for public GitHub repositories, including language coverage, complexity, technology stack and code quality. Its MCP server exposes six tools for AI assistants, also available as JSON over HTTP through a REST API. Analysis covers language breakdowns, complexity metrics, stack detection, quality checks and secret scanning. The credential scanner can flag API keys, tokens and private keys with file, line and confidence details. Search supports full-text, boolean and regular-expression queries, along with structural filters for declarations, usages, strings and comments. File retrieval can return complete files, line ranges or named symbols with nearby declarations; batch retrieval handles up to 10 files per call. The free beta covers public GitHub repositories without signup, an API key or installation. Enterprise deployments run on customer infrastructure in a Docker image with a Kubernetes Helm chart, and private repositories can connect with SSH keys or HTTPS tokens, subject to the customer’s git-server permissions. The service is built on scc for code counting and complexity analysis and cs for code search and ranking.
For and against
For
- Free beta for public GitHub repositories
- No signup, API key or install for beta access
- Search includes boolean and regex queries
- Batch retrieval supports up to 10 files
- Enterprise deployment runs on customer infrastructure
Against
- Free beta is limited to public GitHub repositories
- Private repositories require enterprise deployment
- No IDE extensions listed
The verdict
searchcode combines repository analysis, secret scanning, search and file retrieval through MCP tools and a REST API. The free beta focuses on public repositories, while private access is described for customer-hosted enterprise deployments.
Who it suits
It suits developers and AI assistant users looking for analysis and search across public GitHub repositories. Organizations needing private-repository access can use the enterprise deployment described by the maker.
Plans and prices
Free during beta
public GitHub repositories · no signup · no API key · no install
Read 1 Oct 2026 · searchcode.com
On the record
- Batch limit
- The code_get_files tool retrieves up to 10 files in one call.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Code analysis
- The code_analyze tool provides language breakdowns, complexity metrics, tech-stack detection, code-quality analysis and secret scanning.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Code search
- The code_search tool supports full-text search, boolean queries, regular expressions and structural filters for declarations, usages, strings and comments.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- File retrieval
- The code_get_file tool retrieves full files, line ranges or named symbols with adjacent declarations for context.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Setup instructions are provided for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code/Copilot, Gemini CLI, Amp, OpenCode, Crush, Codex and LM Studio.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The about page says searchcode is operated by a single developer and is made in Sydney, Australia by Ben Boyter.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- MCP integration
- Its MCP server exposes six tools for AI assistants over public repositories.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Open-source foundation
- Searchcode is built on scc for code counting and complexity analysis, supporting more than 300 languages, and cs for code search and smart ranking.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The about page says searchcode does not capture or store personally identifiable information and generally uses aggregate data.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Private deployment
- Enterprise deployment runs on the customer’s infrastructure as a Docker image with a Helm chart for Kubernetes.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Private repository access
- Private Git repositories can use SSH-key and HTTPS-token authentication, with permissions controlled by the customer’s git server.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Searchcode provides code intelligence dossiers for public GitHub repositories, including languages, complexity, tech stack and code quality.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- REST API
- All six tools are available as JSON over HTTP through POST /api/v1/{tool_name}.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Scale
- The maker says searchcode previously indexed more than 75 billion lines of code across millions of repositories and served millions of API requests daily.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Secret scanning
- The security_summary credential scanner detects API keys, tokens and private keys with file, line and confidence information.searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support is available by email at [email protected].searchcode.com · read 1 Oct 2026
