LXR Cross Referencer

Spec sheet

Purpose

LXR indexes and cross-references source code for web browsing, linking identifiers to their definitions and uses.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Security

The feature log says release 2.3 added protection against a vulnerability that allowed arbitrary command execution.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Support

The project directs users to its forum and trackers to contact developers and report issues.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Browser output

LXR produces regular HTML that can be viewed in available web browsers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Database access

The feature log says browsing access to the database is read-only, with write access reserved for genxref.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Database choices

The configuration guide lists MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQLite as database choices.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Installation

The installation guide instructs users to install LXR source, configure a database, populate it with source-tree data, and configure a web server.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Intended use

The project describes LXR as useful for monitoring a project during development and studying source code from scratch.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Parser limits

The limitations page says language parsers are not compiler-grade and lexically extract character sequences that look like identifiers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Project scope

The project says it can cross-reference projects beyond the Linux kernel.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Release location

The official site says new releases are being migrated to Codeberg and will only be posted there.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Search

LXR 2.3 adds full-text search for source management repositories except CVS and BitKeeper, if users accept checking out repository sources.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Server requirement

The project says any web server with CGI-script capability should work.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Version control

The installation configuration lists files, CVS, Git, Subversion, and BitKeeper as source-tree storage options.Read 4 Oct 2026 · lxr.sourceforge.io

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Code Search Tools#21 of 427.6