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Anyone interested in a tool helps to explore C++ ASTs
Finally replaces raw Clang AST dumps with a navigable tree view for C++.
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leomicv
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A terminal user interface for tree-sitter
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axil – A terminal user-interface for treesitter
by crap·Mar 30, 2026·5 points·0 comments
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Vim-style tree-sitter TUI with live query highlighting for grammar debugging.
Strengths
- •Live tree-sitter query execution with real-time matched node highlighting
- •Yank any node's source text directly to clipboard with single keystroke
- •15+ language grammars bundled with collapsible tree navigation
Weaknesses
- •Audience limited to tree-sitter grammar authors and parser developers
- •No Windows pre-built binaries despite claiming cross-platform support
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Target Audience
Compiler developers, tree-sitter grammar authors
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tree-sitter CLI · AST Explorer
Post Description
I initially wrote axil to help inspect and run queries against syntax trees for my treesitter-based language server implementation (https://github.com/terror/just-lsp), and have been working toward making this into something more useable :)
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