A search index that includes billions of lines of
code
Code Search crawls and indexes publicly hosted archives (.tar.gz,
.tar.bz2, .tar, and .zip) and CVS and Subversion repositories, making them searchable in one
place. Results are also accessible via a GData feed, which we
hope people will use to create plugins for their favorite editors and IDEs.
The inspiration for Code Search came from a tool we built to quickly search the internal
Google code base. This internal search service was used so much that it became clear we should
build something for other programmers to use as well -- making that happen became my project
when I joined as an Engineering Intern. The team has since gotten a bit bigger, and it's been
an incredible experience to be able to lead the engineering efforts, especially as an intern.
Check out Code Search and let us know what you
think!
