# Atlassian Fisheye vs. Sourcegraph

[Atlassian Fisheye](https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye) was released around 2007, initially as a source browser for companies who (before the advent of GitHub/Bitbucket) mostly lacked web-based source code browsers. It later added code search capabilities.

You can try it out on [JBoss’ public Fisheye instance](https://source.jboss.org/browse) (see [example quick search results page](https://source.jboss.org/qsearch?q=open&t=3&s=2&bucket=ANY_DATE&userFilter=) and [example advanced search results page](https://source.jboss.org/search/Aesh/?head=true&comment=&contents=open&addedText=&deletedText=&filename=&branch=&tag=&fromdate=&todate=&datesortorder=DESCENDING&groupby=file&col=path&col=revision&col=author&col=date&col=csid&refresh=y)).

Sourcegraph is a good replacement for Fisheye as a code search tool when the primary usage is developers searching for code.

## Pros

- Tight integration with the Atlassian suite of products, especially with builds from Atlassian Bamboo
- Perforce support (as well as Git, Subversion, Mercurial, and CVS)

## Cons

- Common developer sentiment: "It feels like Fisheye’s code search is for managers to report on changes, not for developers in their daily workflow"
- Poor integration with GitHub and GitLab
- Deprioritized by Atlassian, with [only infrequent and minor feature releases](https://confluence.atlassian.com/fisheye/fisheye-releases-960155725.html)


<section class="h0Wrapper headingWrapper"><section class="h1Wrapper headingWrapper"><h1 id="atlassian-fisheye-vs-sourcegraph"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#atlassian-fisheye-vs-sourcegraph"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Atlassian Fisheye vs. Sourcegraph</h1>
<p><a href="https://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye">Atlassian Fisheye</a> was released around 2007, initially as a source browser for companies who (before the advent of GitHub/Bitbucket) mostly lacked web-based source code browsers. It later added code search capabilities.</p>
<p>You can try it out on <a href="https://source.jboss.org/browse">JBoss’ public Fisheye instance</a> (see <a href="https://source.jboss.org/qsearch?q=open&#x26;t=3&#x26;s=2&#x26;bucket=ANY_DATE&#x26;userFilter=">example quick search results page</a> and <a href="https://source.jboss.org/search/Aesh/?head=true&#x26;comment=&#x26;contents=open&#x26;addedText=&#x26;deletedText=&#x26;filename=&#x26;branch=&#x26;tag=&#x26;fromdate=&#x26;todate=&#x26;datesortorder=DESCENDING&#x26;groupby=file&#x26;col=path&#x26;col=revision&#x26;col=author&#x26;col=date&#x26;col=csid&#x26;refresh=y">example advanced search results page</a>).</p>
<p>Sourcegraph is a good replacement for Fisheye as a code search tool when the primary usage is developers searching for code.</p>
<section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="pros"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#pros"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Pros</h2>
<ul>
<li>Tight integration with the Atlassian suite of products, especially with builds from Atlassian Bamboo</li>
<li>Perforce support (as well as Git, Subversion, Mercurial, and CVS)</li>
</ul>
</section><section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="cons"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#cons"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Cons</h2>
<ul>
<li>Common developer sentiment: “It feels like Fisheye’s code search is for managers to report on changes, not for developers in their daily workflow”</li>
<li>Poor integration with GitHub and GitLab</li>
<li>Deprioritized by Atlassian, with <a href="https://confluence.atlassian.com/fisheye/fisheye-releases-960155725.html">only infrequent and minor feature releases</a></li>
</ul></section></section></section>