What is OpenGrok?
It is a fast and usable source code search and cross reference engine, written in Java. It helps you search, cross-reference and navigate your source tree. It can understand various program file formats and version control histories of many source code management systems.
OpenGrok is a tool in the Search category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Search for full text, definitions, symbols, path and revision historyLimit searches to any subtree (hierarchical search)Incrementally update its index. i.e update only the changed files since last time it was updatedSearch query with Google like syntax (eg. path:Makefile defs:target)Search for files modified within a date rangeSearch using wild cards like * (many characters) or ? (one character)Show the matching lines in search results
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OpenGrok Alternatives & Comparisons
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Sourcegraph
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Fisheye
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Hound by Etsy
Hound is an extremely fast source code search engine. The core is based on this article (and code) from Russ Cox: Regular Expression Matching with a Trigram Index. Hound itself is a static React frontend that talks to a Go backend. The backend keeps an up-to-date index for each repository and answers searches through a minimal API.
