# KDAB/codebrowser

Woboq CodeBrowser

Repository: https://github.com/KDAB/codebrowser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/codebrowser
Homepage: http://woboq.com/codebrowser.html
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: llvm, clang, woboq
Last push: 2026-04-06T10:33:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 76, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5063, "days_push": 149, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1171, forks 167 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.619070+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, documentation, parser, search-engine
- domain: developer-tools, documentation, web-development
- platform: cpp
- tags: code-navigation, static-html-generation, llvm-clang, source-code-browsing, cross-referencing, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- KDAB/codebrowser (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.619070+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:28:29.479726+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/KDAB/codebrowser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.619070+00:00, sha 31358303b628)
  - homepage: http://woboq.com/codebrowser.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:55.492974+00:00, sha cb4c6a6500aa)
  - site_page: https://woboq.com/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:55.502181+00:00, sha b09fd54b7102)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.