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Project	Stars	7-day gain	Language	License	Maintenance
zoekt	2,017	+22	Go	Apache-2.0	✅ Recently maintained

zoekt

sourcegraph/zoekt

Fast trigram based code search

✅ Recently maintained

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Repository verified 2026-11-02 · Official repository & installation

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