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tree-sitter-cpp

v0.23.4 Growing

C++ grammar for tree-sitter

MIT Edition 2021
Parsing toolsText editors #parsing#cpp#incremental#tree-sitter

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (5.3K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (971KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
8.5M
Dependents
5.3K
Releases
16
Size
971KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.5M downloads in the last 30 days (51.5K/day), up 34% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

5.3K crates depend on tree-sitter-cpp. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, tree-sitter-cpp hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ast-grep-language, difftastic, langchain-rust, gitu, pmat. When high-quality crates choose tree-sitter-cpp, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
38K/day avg-4%
020K40K60K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.23.4
91%
v0.20.5
7%
v0.22.3
2%
v0.23.1
0%
v0.21.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
5.3K
crates depend on tree-sitter-cpp

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