SeaGOAT is billed as a code search engine for the AI age. It’s a local search tool that leverages vector embeddings to enable you to search your codebase semantically.
SeaGOAT does not rely on 3rd party APIs or any remote APIs and executes all functionality locally using the SeaGOAT server that you are able to run on your own machine.
Instead of relying on APIs or “connecting to ChatGPT”, it uses the vector database called ChromaDB, with a local vector embedding engine and telemetry disabled by default.
Apart from that, SeaGOAT also uses ripgrep, a regular-expression based code search engine in order to provider regular expression/keyword based matches in addition to the “AI-based” matches.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Run the server entirely locally.
- No internet connection is required.
- Supports text files, Markdown, Python, C, C++, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, Go, Java, PHP, and Ruby.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: kantord.github.io/SeaGOAT/latest
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Daniel Kantor
License: MIT License
SeaGOAT is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
| ripgrep | Recursively search directories for a regex pattern |
| fzf | Command-line fuzzy finder for your shell |
| McFly | Navigate through your shell history |
| peco | Interactive filtering tool |
| SeaGOAT | Semantic-code search engine |
| FSearch | Fast file search utility based on GTK+3 |
| Heatseeker | General-purpose fuzzy selector |
| ANGRYsearch | Like FSearch, a search tool inspired by Everything Search Engine |
| catfish | Versatile search GUI powered by locate and find |
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