Sourcebot is a self-hosted code intelligence platform that helps humans and agents understand and navigate codebases.
The tool addresses the challenge of comprehending large or unfamiliar codebases by combining natural language querying with code search and navigation capabilities. Users can ask questions about their codebase in plain language, and Sourcebot provides answers grounded with inline citations by leveraging reasoning models that search code, follow code navigation references, and synthesize results. The platform also offers standalone code search across repositories and branches hosted on any platform, supporting regular expressions, filters, and boolean logic, alongside IDE-level code navigation features like goto definition and find references.
Sourcebot suits teams managing multiple repositories who want unified code exploration without switching between different tools or platforms. It works across any code host and can be deployed quickly using Docker Compose. The tool is particularly valuable for onboarding developers, understanding unfamiliar code sections, and answering architectural questions about a codebase. A public demo is available for evaluation before self-hosting.
The project maintains active development with a public roadmap and changelog. The team responds to bug reports and feature requests through GitHub issues and provides direct email contact for inquiries.
