LXR Alternatives

LXR is described as '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' and is an app. There are three alternatives to LXR for Linux, Web-based, iPad, Self-Hosted and Docker. The best LXR alternative is OpenGrok, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LXR are DXR and CodeNavigator.

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  1. OpenGrok icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • OpenGrok is the most popular Linux alternative to LXR.

    • OpenGrok is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to LXR.

    • OpenGrok is Free and Open SourceLXR is also Free and Open Source
  2. DXR icon
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    DXR is a 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • DXR is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to LXR.

    • DXR is Free and Open SourceLXR is also Free and Open Source
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPad
     
    • CodeNavigator is the most popular iPad alternative to LXR.

    • CodeNavigator is the most popular commercial alternative to LXR.

    • CodeNavigator is Paid and ProprietaryLXR is Free and Open Source
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