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Ideally this would be a standalone app (perhaps ported using electron) that I could run locally, and import codebases directly. Sourcegraph was on the right tra

Ideally this would be a standalone app (perhaps ported using electron) that I could run locally, and import codebases directly. Sourcegraph was on the right track, but eventually fizzled out unfortunately. I would love to use a tool like this to navigate the unknown on rails!

pst723 2y ago
That is definitely an option. However what you get from a hosted service is that we do the indexing for you. That can take a significant amount of time for a huge codebase.
- jijijijij 2y ago
  Love the idea, but isn't the "indexing" part of many editors and language servers already? Ctags and stuff? Never got the impression that to be a huge problem on modern hardware. I doubt, there will be much demand for throwing large non-public code bases into third party services... However, I can totally see how this would be a hit as a FOSS project.
  - sdesol 2y ago
    I've built a code search engine in the past so I know how painful debugging long indexing jobs can be and I would certainly be reluctant to support private repos until I know I can index thousands if not tens of thousands of open source repos with no issues.
    - pst723 2y ago
      That's more or less the plan. We want to prove our concept with free software repos first.
sqs 2y ago
Sourcegraph CEO here. We stopped making a standalone Electron app (which was an experiment) and instead remained focused on our web app and editor extensions. You can use Cody in your editor with no server needed. We didn’t fizzle out. :)
- pst723 2y ago
  Oh hi there! Love what Sourcegraph is doing.
- pseudosudoer 2y ago
  I confused Sourcetrail and SourceGraph, didn't mean to spread misinformation on your product!
blcArmadillo 2y ago
By chance did you mean Sourcetrail [1] instead of Sourcegraph? Old demo video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Cfu6f0uyzc8?si=oNS9KKlbgEk_Ct0p https://youtu.be/Cfu6f0uyzc8?si=oNS9KKlbgEk_Ct0p. [1] https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail
- pseudosudoer 2y ago
  Yes you're right, my mistake!

pst723 2y ago

That is definitely an option. However what you get from a hosted service is that we do the indexing for you. That can take a significant amount of time for a huge codebase.

jijijijij 2y ago
Love the idea, but isn't the "indexing" part of many editors and language servers already? Ctags and stuff? Never got the impression that to be a huge problem on modern hardware. I doubt, there will be much demand for throwing large non-public code bases into third party services... However, I can totally see how this would be a hit as a FOSS project.
- sdesol 2y ago
  I've built a code search engine in the past so I know how painful debugging long indexing jobs can be and I would certainly be reluctant to support private repos until I know I can index thousands if not tens of thousands of open source repos with no issues.
  - pst723 2y ago
    That's more or less the plan. We want to prove our concept with free software repos first.

sqs 2y ago

Sourcegraph CEO here. We stopped making a standalone Electron app (which was an experiment) and instead remained focused on our web app and editor extensions. You can use Cody in your editor with no server needed. We didn’t fizzle out. :)

pst723 2y ago
Oh hi there! Love what Sourcegraph is doing.
pseudosudoer 2y ago
I confused Sourcetrail and SourceGraph, didn't mean to spread misinformation on your product!

blcArmadillo 2y ago

By chance did you mean Sourcetrail [1] instead of Sourcegraph? Old demo video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Cfu6f0uyzc8?si=oNS9KKlbgEk_Ct0p https://youtu.be/Cfu6f0uyzc8?si=oNS9KKlbgEk_Ct0p. [1] https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail

pseudosudoer 2y ago
Yes you're right, my mistake!