MaskRay/ccls

C/C++/ObjC language server supporting cross references, hierarchies, completion and semantic highlighting

4,087

stars

1,945

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C++

primary language

Jul 2, 2026

updated

cpp
ide
language-server-protocol
lsp-server

README

ccls

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ccls, which originates from cquery, is a C/C++/Objective-C language server.

It has a global view of the code base and support a lot of cross reference features, see wiki/FAQ. It starts indexing the whole project (including subprojects if exist) parallelly when you open the first file, while the main thread can serve requests before the indexing is complete. Saving files will incrementally update the index.

>>> Getting started (CLICK HERE) <<<

ccls can index itself (~180MiB RSS when idle, noted on 2018-09-01), FreeBSD, glibc, Linux, LLVM (~1800MiB RSS), musl (~60MiB RSS), ... with decent memory footprint. See wiki/Project-Setup for examples.

Contributors

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jacobdufault

874 commits

MaskRay

847 commits

scturtle

54 commits

daandemeyer

21 commits

MaskRay/ccls

C/C++/ObjC language server supporting cross references, hierarchies, completion and semantic highlighting

4,087

stars

1,945

commits

C++

primary language

Jul 2, 2026

updated

cpp
ide
language-server-protocol
lsp-server

README

ccls

Telegram Gitter

ccls, which originates from cquery, is a C/C++/Objective-C language server.

It has a global view of the code base and support a lot of cross reference features, see wiki/FAQ. It starts indexing the whole project (including subprojects if exist) parallelly when you open the first file, while the main thread can serve requests before the indexing is complete. Saving files will incrementally update the index.

>>> Getting started (CLICK HERE) <<<

ccls can index itself (~180MiB RSS when idle, noted on 2018-09-01), FreeBSD, glibc, Linux, LLVM (~1800MiB RSS), musl (~60MiB RSS), ... with decent memory footprint. See wiki/Project-Setup for examples.

Contributors

(top 30 of 58)

jacobdufault

874 commits

MaskRay

847 commits

scturtle

54 commits

daandemeyer

21 commits

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C++

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CMake

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