Sourcegraph Cody
Code-search and AI assistant by Sourcegraph — semantic search across enterprise codebases plus inline coding help.
Sourcegraph Cody is a code-search and AI assistant by Sourcegraph — semantic search across enterprise codebases plus inline coding help. Indexes very large monorepos for semantic, regex, and structural search.
What it does well
- Indexes very large monorepos for semantic, regex, and structural search.
- Self-hosted Enterprise option keeps source code on customer infrastructure.
- Combines code-search context with LLM answers, reducing hallucinations on internal APIs.
Where it falls short
- Setup and indexing for self-hosted deployment is non-trivial.
- Pricing shifts from per-seat to enterprise contract at scale.
Tagged
- Self-hostable
- Supports Claude
- Supports GPT
- VS Code Extension
- JetBrains Plugin
- Enterprise Plan
- Freemium
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Concepts you should know
- Embedding
A fixed-length vector of floating-point numbers that represents the semantic meaning of a piece of text, image, or other input. Used for similarity search, clustering, and retrieval. Common embedding models output 768 to 3072 dimensions.
- RAG
Retrieval-Augmented Generation — a pattern where the application retrieves relevant text chunks from a knowledge base (vector DB, search index) and includes them in the LLM prompt at query time, so the model answers from grounded sources instead of pure memorisation.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Sourcegraph Cody?
- Sourcegraph Cody is a code-search and AI assistant by Sourcegraph — semantic search across enterprise codebases plus inline coding help.
- Is Sourcegraph Cody free?
- Sourcegraph Cody offers a free tier and paid plans with higher limits or premium features.
- What platforms does Sourcegraph Cody support?
- Sourcegraph Cody runs on vscode-ext, jetbrains-plugin, web.
- What category does Sourcegraph Cody belong to?
- Sourcegraph Cody is in the AI Coding Agents category — Autonomous agents that write, edit, run, and review code. Includes CLI agents, agentic IDE add-ons, and code-review bots.
- What are the downsides of Sourcegraph Cody?
- Setup and indexing for self-hosted deployment is non-trivial. Pricing shifts from per-seat to enterprise contract at scale.