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


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


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.


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.


