Introduction

Zoekt is a fast text search engine specifically designed for source code. It was originally forked from Google’s Zoekt and is now the primary maintained source. Zoekt is used by Sourcegraph to power code search across a variety of repositories.

Why is Introduction Important?

Zoekt is important for a number of reasons:

• Speed: Zoekt is very fast, typically returning results in milliseconds. This is essential for a good user experience, as users don’t want to wait for search results.
• Coverage: Zoekt can index a wide variety of code, including code hosted on GitHub, GitLab, and other platforms.
• Filtering and Ranking: Zoekt allows users to filter and rank search results to find the code they are looking for more easily.

Using Zoekt

Zoekt provides a variety of ways to search for code. You can search for code using a web interface, a JSON API, or a command-line interface. Zoekt also includes tools for mirroring and indexing repositories.

Top-Level Directory Explanations

build/ - This directory contains the build files for the project.

ctags/ - This directory contains the code for the Ctags parser.

doc/ - This directory contains documentation for the project.