ccls VS rtags

Compare ccls vs rtags and see what are their differences.

ccls

C/C++/ObjC language server supporting cross references, hierarchies, completion and semantic highlighting (by MaskRay)

rtags

A client/server indexer for c/c++/objc[++] with integration for Emacs based on clang. (by Andersbakken)
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ccls rtags
41 3
3,607 1,818
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5.3 4.8
about 2 months ago 16 days ago
C++ C++
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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ccls

Posts with mentions or reviews of ccls. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-30.

rtags

Posts with mentions or reviews of rtags. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-07.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ccls and rtags you can also consider the following projects:

clangd - clangd language server

vim-lsp - async language server protocol plugin for vim and neovim

YouCompleteMe - A code-completion engine for Vim

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

nvim-dap - Debug Adapter Protocol client implementation for Neovim

vim-lsc - A vim plugin for communicating with a language server

meson - The Meson Build System

Bear - Bear is a tool that generates a compilation database for clang tooling.

python-language-server - An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for Python

vscode-clangd - Visual Studio Code extension for clangd

Irony - Irony — .NET Language Implementation Kit

emacs-ccls - Emacs client for ccls, a C/C++ language server