Google Code Search was a free beta product which allowed users to search for open-source code on the Internet. Launched October 5, 2006; shut down January 15, 2012 — it lived 5 years. One of 23 Google products killed in 2012. Google Code Search was a free beta product from Google which debuted in Google Labs on October 5, 2006, allowing web users to search for open-source code on the Internet. Features included the ability to search using operators, namely lang:, package:, license:, and file:. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).