Awesome, I’ll get started on this. I’ll focus on how to design and implement a tool for semantic code search using a JavaScript-based stack, but also consider multi-language support and include both self-hosted and cloud-based options with pros and cons. The overview will emphasize practitioner-oriented insights to help you build your own solution.
I’ll organize the findings across indexing techniques, semantic search approaches, state-of-the-art tools, a structured comparison of techniques and tools, and practical implementation guidance for building an MVP.
I’ll let you know once everything is ready!
Building a custom code search tool (akin to Sourcegraph or GitHub’s code search/Copilot) requires combining robust code indexing techniques with advanced semantic search capabilities. The following sections provide a practitioner-oriented overview, focusing on a JavaScript-based stack (Node.js) with multi-language support. We co