oracle/opengrok
OpenGrok is a fast and usable source code search and cross reference engine, written in Java observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 15.0
- age_days: 4986
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 29
Adoption not part of the score
4922 stars · 834 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
OpenGrok is a fast source code search and cross-reference engine written in Java that indexes source trees and version control histories. It provides a web interface (deployed in a servlet container like Tomcat) for searching, browsing, and navigating large codebases.
Use cases
- search across a large monorepo from a web browser
- cross-reference function and symbol definitions in a codebase
- browse source code with version control history
- set up a self-hosted code search server for a team
- index multiple SCM repositories for fast lookup
- navigate unfamiliar codebases quickly
When to choose
- you need fast, self-hosted search over large source trees
- you want cross-referenced, hyperlinked source browsing
- your code lives in many version control systems and you need unified search
When to avoid
- you only need IDE-local code navigation
- you want a lightweight grep-like CLI without a server
- you need semantic AI-powered code search rather than lexical indexing
Facets
application · maturity stable
search-engine http-server developer-tools developer-tools version-control web-development jvm self-hosted source-code-search cross-reference code-browser indexing ctags servlet tomcat search docker linux web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/oracle/opengrok · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0e262acd83df
- homepage: http://oracle.github.io/opengrok/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1653637e6070
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| oracle/opengrok | main | 99 |
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