GNU GLOBAL vs Woboq Code Browser
GNU GLOBAL
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| Figure | GNU GLOBAL | Woboq Code Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Code Search Tools | 8.1 (#7) | 7.2 (#24) |
| Intended users | The project describes GNU GLOBAL as useful for hacking on large projects with many subdirectories, conditional compilation blocks, and main functions. | Woboq describes the browser as a way for developers to understand code and dependencies without installing all source code on each developer's machine. |
| License | GNU GLOBAL is free software that may be copied, modified, and redistributed under the GNU GPL. | The README describes use under a commercial license from Woboq or a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license that excludes use to assist development of commercial software. |
| Navigation | It can locate both definitions and references, and lets users move to those locations in source files. | Features include identifier search, links to declarations and implementations, tooltips, macro expansion, and inheritance diagrams. |
| Purpose | GNU GLOBAL is a source code tagging system for locating objects such as functions, macros, structs, and classes in source files. | Woboq Code Browser is a web-based browser for C and C++ projects. |
| Support | The project directs users seeking help to the [email protected] mailing list. | The README invites licensees and other users to contact [email protected] for help and directs bug reports to GitHub issues. |
Plans
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Woboq Code Browser
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