# jacktasia/dumb-jump

an Emacs "jump to definition" package for 60+ languages

Repository: https://github.com/jacktasia/dumb-jump
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dumb-jump
Language: Emacs Lisp
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: emacs, melpa, ripgrep, ag, silver-searcher, spacemacs, emacs-lisp, emacs-modules, developer-tools
Last push: 2026-06-03T17:00:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3941, "days_push": 91, "days_rel": 188, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1797, forks 164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:37.665574+00:00)

## What it is
Dumb Jump is an Emacs package providing 'jump to definition' and 'find references' navigation for 60+ programming languages. It works with zero configuration by using ag, ripgrep, or grep with regex-based heuristics instead of stored indexes or background processes.

## Use cases
- jump to function definition in emacs
- find references of a symbol in emacs
- code navigation without language server
- go to definition for 60+ languages
- emacs package to navigate code like an IDE
- definition lookup without TAGS files

## When to choose
- you want zero-configuration jump-to-definition in Emacs
- your language has no working LSP server
- you want to avoid TAGS indexes and background processes
- you use Spacemacs or vanilla Emacs and need quick code navigation

## When to avoid
- you already run a language server (lsp-mode/eglot) with accurate semantic navigation
- you need precise, compiler-grade definition resolution
- your project is very large and you only have grep available (slow)
- you use an editor other than Emacs

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: editor-plugin, cli
- tags: emacs, emacs-lisp, jump-to-definition, find-references, ripgrep, silver-searcher, xref, code-navigation, melpa

## Member repositories
- jacktasia/dumb-jump (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.665574+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 2026-08-30T03:22:41.021316+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jacktasia/dumb-jump (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.665574+00:00, sha a44d7fe3066a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.