DXR Alternatives

DXR is described as 'Code search and navigation tool aimed at making sense of large projects like Firefox. It supports full-text and regex searches as well as structural queries like "Find all the callers of this function' and is an app in the online services category. There are three alternatives to DXR for Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac and Windows. The best DXR alternative is Text Sherlock, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DXR are OpenGrok and LXR.

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  1. Text Sherlock icon

    Text Sherlock

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    Provides a fast, easy to install and use search engine for text but, mostly for source code. OpenGrok requires to much time to install (though it may be worth it for some). Sherlock will give you a much easier setup, a text indexer, and a web app interface for searching.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Text Sherlock is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to DXR.

    • Text Sherlock is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DXR.

    • Text Sherlock is Free and Open SourceDXR is also Free and Open Source
  2. OpenGrok icon

    OpenGrok

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

    11 OpenGrok alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. LXR icon

    LXR

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    LXR Cross Referencer, usually known as LXR, is a general-purpose source code indexer and cross-referencer that provides web-based browsing of source code, with links to the definition and usage of any identifier.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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