KDAB/codebrowser

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The Woboq CodeBrowser generator is a C++ tool built on LLVM/Clang that pre-processes C/C++ codebases into static HTML pages with semantic cross-references, tooltips, and search. The output is a set of static files deployable on any basic web server, as demonstrated at codebrowser.dev.

Use cases

• browse C/C++ source code in a web browser like an IDE
• generate static HTML documentation with semantic highlighting for a C++ project
• publish a navigable version of my codebase on the web or intranet
• add tooltips and cross-references to source code for developers
• share code comprehension views without requiring IDE setup
• create links to symbols and line numbers in source code

When to choose

• you maintain a C or C++ project and want web-based code navigation
• you want static output with no server-side software beyond a basic web server
• you need semantic understanding (types, references, inheritance diagrams) rather than plain syntax highlighting
• you want to showcase or document a large codebase like Qt or the Linux kernel

When to avoid

• your project is not C/C++ (it relies on Clang)
• you need a live, interactive IDE experience rather than pre-generated static pages
• you cannot build against LLVM/Clang 16+
• you need dynamic server-side code search or indexing

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

developer-tools documentation parser search-engine developer-tools documentation web-development cpp code-navigation static-html-generation llvm-clang source-code-browsing cross-referencing linux macos web-server

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