tree-sitter-cpp
C++ grammar for tree-sitter code parsing and analysis.
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How tree-sitter-cpp is used
tree-sitter-cpp is a dependency in 8 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 42 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is tree-sitter-typescript (Python) (13 projects). Projects that use it most often also use tree-sitter (100.0%), tree-sitter-java (100.0%), Tree-sitter JavaScript (100.0%).
tree-sitter-cpp popularity over time
Gid Score 42: downloads 65, use in agent projects 38, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 60 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with tree-sitter-cpp
| tree-sitter | 100.0% of tree-sitter-cpp projects · 238.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| tree-sitter-java | 100.0% of tree-sitter-cpp projects · 620.8× more than average |
| Tree-sitter JavaScript | 100.0% of tree-sitter-cpp projects · 517.3× more than average |
| tree-sitter-rust | 100.0% of tree-sitter-cpp projects · 776.0× more than average |
| tree-sitter-typescript (Python) | 95.2% of tree-sitter-cpp projects · 454.8× more than average |
From all 42 projects in our scan that use tree-sitter-cpp, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list tree-sitter-cpp as a dependency.
How tree-sitter-cpp is funded
Open Collective: Tree-sitter
| Received, last 12 months | $0 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $0 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $16 |
| Raised since the start | $16 |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 0 |
Apr 2025Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Apr 2025. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 13 more tools in our catalog: web-tree-sitter, tree-sitter-typescript (Python), Tree-sitter JavaScript, tree-sitter-java, tree-sitter-rust, tree-sitter-typescript (JavaScript) and others.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @tree-sitter | 14 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay.
Ways to fund tree-sitter-cpp
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective Ko-fi
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install tree-sitter-cpp |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (42) |
| Example projects | PurCL/ASTRA, aanno/cocoindex-code-mcp-server, LennardZuendorf/indexed, gupta29470/codewalk |
Alternatives to tree-sitter-cpp
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside tree-sitter-cpp are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tree-sitter-typescript (Python) pypi TypeScript and TSX grammar for tree-sitter code parsing and analysis. |
47 | 13 (0.8%) | 2.8M | 536 | MIT |
| Tree-sitter JavaScript pypi JavaScript grammar for tree-sitter enabling fast code parsing and analysis. |
45 | 12 (0.7%) | 3.1M | 495 | MIT |
| tree-sitter-java pypi Java grammar for tree-sitter code parsing and analysis. |
42 | 10 (0.6%) | 1.6M | 277 | MIT |
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