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by hoistbypetard 2399 days ago
I wonder if selling integrations with language server[1] implementations would be a way to multiply the customer base enough to make this viable as a business.

[1]: https://langserver.org

2 comments

It makes more sense to integrate [1] with GitHub Semantic [2] library instead.

[1] https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail/issues/750

[2] https://github.com/github/semantic

It’s come up before and it’s harder to do via LSP, though the servers themselves would be great as an educational tool on what’s required. https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail/issues/685#issu...

If indexers were to be maintained separately, the only thought I have is something based on an IDE like Eclipse or IntelliJ, or something based on SourceGraph. To that end, I think open sourcing will do more to support usage, and usage would drive further licensing/support...

It’s possible there could be add-ons sold to help refactor code or maybe a web-based version, perhaps merging with SourceGraph as a client? Or use in code review? Lots of possibilities, perhaps, just not easily/quickly commercial I would think without further development first.

That makes sense. Thanks.