What is Sourcebot?
Sourcebot is a self-hosted platform designed to enhance codebase comprehension for both human developers and AI agents. It enables users to ask questions in plain English about their entire codebase, with the AI searching, navigating, and retrieving relevant code context across multiple repositories. Answers are provided with inline citations for clarity and verification.
The platform connects to various code hosts like GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, and others, scaling to handle thousands of repositories. It supports bringing your own LLM API key for Agentic Search and MCP functionality, ensuring data privacy as all deployments are on-premises with no data leaving the environment. Sourcebot is deployed as a single Docker container and is released under the Fair Source License.
Features
- Agentic Search: Ask questions in plain English to search and understand code with AI-powered answers and citations
- Self-Hosted Deployment: Deployed as a Docker container on-premises with no data leaving the environment
- Multi-Code Host Support: Connect to GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Azure DevOps, Gerrit, and Gitea
- Bring Your Own LLM: Use supported LLM providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex, and others
- Code Navigation: Enterprise-grade features for navigating and understanding complex code structures
- MCP Server: Integration with Model Context Protocol for enhanced AI agent capabilities
- Scalable Architecture: Handles thousands of repositories across connected code hosts
- Security Features: Includes SSO, OAuth, IAP support, audit logs, and permission syncing in Enterprise Edition
Use Cases
- Onboarding new developers to understand complex codebases quickly
- Untangling large legacy codebases that span multiple repositories
- Aligning team members by sharing AI-generated answers about code
- Searching for specific code patterns or functions across thousands of files
- Understanding code dependencies and relationships in multi-repo projects
- Facilitating code reviews with AI-powered context and citations
- Integrating with AI agents through MCP for automated code analysis
- Maintaining code security and compliance with on-premises deployment
FAQs
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What is the easiest way to try Sourcebot?
Deploy the Community Edition for free on your own infrastructure using the deployment guide. -
Can I self-host Sourcebot?
Yes, Sourcebot is designed to be self-hosted as a single Docker container on-premises. -
Where is my code stored?
All code remains on your premises as Sourcebot is deployed on-premises with no data leaving the environment. -
Is Sourcebot open source?
Sourcebot is released under the Fair Source License, which allows self-hosting with certain conditions. -
What code hosts are supported?
Sourcebot supports GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Azure DevOps, Gerrit, and Gitea.
