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CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail

Sourcetrail - free and open-source interactive source explorer observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail · homepage · C++ · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3920
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1724
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

16489 stars · 1668 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Sourcetrail is a free, open-source, cross-platform interactive source code explorer that visualizes C, C++, Java, and Python codebases to help developers quickly understand unfamiliar code. It offers an SDK (SourcetrailDB) for writing custom language extensions, but the project was archived by its maintainers at the end of 2021.

Use cases

  • visualize a large c++ codebase to understand its structure
  • explore unfamiliar source code offline
  • navigate call hierarchies and class relationships in java projects
  • index and browse a python project interactively
  • understand legacy code before refactoring
  • write a custom language extension using the sourcetraildb sdk

When to choose

  • you need offline, cross-platform interactive visualization of C/C++, Java, or Python code
  • you are onboarding onto a large unfamiliar codebase and want a graphical map of its structure

When to avoid

  • you need support for languages other than C, C++, Java, or Python
  • you need an actively maintained tool with bug fixes and new features, since the project was archived in 2021
  • you need a lightweight editor plugin rather than a standalone desktop application

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

developer-tools gui parser data-visualization developer-tools programming-languages desktop-applications windows cross-platform code-explorer code-navigation static-analysis source-visualization cpp java python archived macos linux desktop

4 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrailmain10

For agents

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