Understand Alternatives

Understand is described as '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)' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Understand for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Steam apps. The best Understand alternative is Woboq Code Browser, which is free. Other great apps like Understand are Source Insight, Blink grep, CodeCompass and Source-Navigator NG.

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  1. Woboq Code Browser icon

    Woboq Code Browser

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Woboq Code Browser is the most popular Web-based, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Understand.

    • Woboq Code Browser is the most popular free alternative to Understand.

    • Woboq Code Browser is Freemium and ProprietaryUnderstand is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Source Insight icon

    Source Insight

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

    21 Source Insight alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Source Insight is the most popular Windows alternative to Understand.

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

    • Source Insight is Paid and ProprietaryUnderstand is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Blink grep

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Blink grep is the most popular Open Source alternative to Understand.

    • Blink grep is Free and Open SourceUnderstand is Paid and Proprietary
  5. CodeCompass icon

    CodeCompass

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Source-Navigator NG icon

    Source-Navigator NG

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Microsoft Application Inspector icon

    Microsoft Application Inspector

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. JArchitect icon

    JArchitect

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    JArchitect is a tool that simplifies managing a complex Java code base. Architects and developers can analyze code structure, specify design rules, do effective code reviews and master evolution by comparing different versions of the code.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. CodeNavigator icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    • CodeNavigator is Paid and ProprietaryUnderstand is also Paid and Proprietary
  11. CodeWalker icon

    CodeWalker

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    CodeWalker™ is a developer tool that shows you how your source code fits together, how it's structured, and how it executes. Instantly compare complex structures, find unintentional recursion, and just see how your code actually works, in 2D and 3D modes. It's like GPS for your code.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Steam
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  12. ftnchek icon

    ftnchek

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    ftnchek is a static analyzer for Fortran 77 programs. It is designed to detect certain errors in a Fortran program that a compiler usually does not.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  13. CodeXCavator

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    Download CodeXCavator - code indexing and search for free. Source code indexing and full text search tool based on Lucene. The CodeXCavator is a tool for source code indexing, tagging, and fast full-text search. It consists of two applications:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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