CodeNavigator Alternatives

CodeNavigator is described as 'Developer's tool for browsing source code using CScope. It can help you to understand the structure of the code very easily and also include syntax highlighting support for many coding languages' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to CodeNavigator for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Steam apps. The best CodeNavigator alternative is CodeLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CodeNavigator are Source Insight, Blink grep, Understand and CodeCompass.

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CodeNavigator alternatives are mainly IDEs but may also be File Search Utilities or Compilers.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of CodeNavigator.
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CodeNavigator is a developer's tool for browsing source code using CScope. It can help you to understand the structure of the code very easily and also include syntax highlighting support for many coding languages.

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CodeNavigator alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. CodeLite icon
     64 likes

    CodeLite is an open-source, cross platform IDE for the C/C++/PHP and Node.js programming languages. CodeLite is known to work on various OSs including:

    51 CodeLite alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • wxWidgets

    Properties

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Virtual filesystem
    CodeLite iconCodeNavigator Icon

    CodeLite VS CodeNavigator

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    • CodeLite is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CodeNavigator.

    • CodeLite is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CodeNavigator.

    • CodeLite is Free and Open SourceCodeNavigator is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Source Insight icon
     16 likes

    Source Insight is an advanced code editor and browser with built-in analysis for C/C++, C#, and Java programs.

    21 Source Insight alternatives
    Source Insight screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Source Insight iconCodeNavigator Icon

    Source Insight VS CodeNavigator

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    • Source Insight is the most popular commercial alternative to CodeNavigator.

    • Source Insight is Paid and ProprietaryCodeNavigator is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. Blink grep icon
     2 likes

    GUI of indexed grep for source code, files locator, search and replace. Switch differnt projects and start searching. Drag and drop of filenames to your favourite editor.

    36 Blink grep alternatives
    Blink grep screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Blink grep Features

    1.  File content indexing
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Vim
    4.  Code Search
    Blink grep iconCodeNavigator Icon

    Blink grep VS CodeNavigator

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  4. Understand icon
     9 likes

    Understand is a static analysis tool for maintaining, measuring, and analyzing critical or large code bases. Supports programming languages (C/C++, C#, FORTRAN, Java, JOVIAL, Pascal, PL/M, VHDL, Cobol) and web languages (PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).

    11 Understand alternatives
    Understand screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Understand Features

    1.  Metrics
    2.  Static analysis
    Understand iconCodeNavigator Icon

    Understand VS CodeNavigator

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  5. CodeCompass icon
     1 like

    CodeCompass is an extensible code comprehension tool with a Python script that helps you to parse projects, manage workspaces, start web server and run CodeChecker in an easy way.

    9 CodeCompass alternatives
    CodeCompass screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    CodeCompass iconCodeNavigator Icon

    CodeCompass VS CodeNavigator

    Is CodeCompass a good alternative to CodeNavigator?
     
    • CodeCompass is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to CodeNavigator.

    • CodeCompass is Free and Open SourceCodeNavigator is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Woboq Code Browser icon
     1 like

    Woboq Code Browser is a web-based C and C++ code browser that uses a desktop component to generate static HTML pages for code analysis. It focuses on improving the code navigation with proper semantic highlighting and tooltips.

    8 Woboq Code Browser alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Woboq Code Browser iconCodeNavigator Icon

    Woboq Code Browser VS CodeNavigator

    Is Woboq Code Browser a good alternative to CodeNavigator?
     
    • Woboq Code Browser is the most popular Web-based alternative to CodeNavigator.

    • Woboq Code Browser is Freemium and ProprietaryCodeNavigator is Paid and Proprietary
  7. WideStudio icon
     5 likes

    WideStudio is an open source, Integrated Development Environment for desktop applications purely made in Japan. This enables you to develop GUI applications that can run on Windows95/98/Me/NT/2000/Xp, WindowsCE, Linux, FreeBSD, SOLARIS, MacOSX(w/X11), BTRON, T-Engine...

    50 WideStudio alternatives
    In Linux

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    WideStudio Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Rad
    3.  Multi Platform
    4.  Ruby
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer updated. Last version, v3.98-7, released in November 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    WideStudio iconCodeNavigator Icon

    WideStudio VS CodeNavigator

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  8. Source-Navigator NG icon
     3 likes

    Source-Navigator NG is a source code analysis tool. With it, you can edit your source code, display relationships between classes and functions and members, and display call trees. you can navigate your source code and easily get to declarations or implementations of functions, v.

    18 Source-Navigator NG alternatives
    the symbol browser showing a file selection with wildcards

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Source-Navigator NG Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  TCL
    Source-Navigator NG iconCodeNavigator Icon

    Source-Navigator NG VS CodeNavigator

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  9. Microsoft Application Inspector icon
     1 like

    Application Inspector is a source code analyzer built for surfacing features of interest and other characteristics to answer the question "What's in it" using static analysis with a json based rules engine.

    17 Microsoft Application Inspector alternatives
    Microsoft Application Inspector screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Microsoft Application Inspector iconCodeNavigator Icon

    Microsoft Application Inspector VS CodeNavigator

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  10. OpenGrok icon
     1 like

    OpenGrok is a source code search and cross reference engine. It helps programmers to search, cross-reference and navigate source code trees.

    12 OpenGrok alternatives
    OpenGrok screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    OpenGrok iconCodeNavigator Icon

    OpenGrok VS CodeNavigator

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  11. Sally - A Simple C++ IDE icon
     2 likes

    "Sally - A Simple C++ IDE" is a GPL multi-compiler C++ IDE for WindowsXP/2000.

    51 Sally - A Simple C++ IDE alternatives
    Sally - A Simple C++ IDE screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Sally - A Simple C++ IDE Features

    1.  C++
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.3, released in December 2008, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    Sally - A Simple C++ IDE iconCodeNavigator Icon

    Sally - A Simple C++ IDE VS CodeNavigator

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  12. XVT icon
     1 like

    XVT is a software development environment for building cross-platform GUI applications in C or C++. XVT allows developers to graphically lay out an application's GUI, and provides cross-platform libraries to aid development.

    50 XVT alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    XVT Features

    1.  C++
    XVT iconCodeNavigator Icon

    XVT VS CodeNavigator

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