ctags-nightly-build

July 8, 2026 · View on GitHub

build Universal Ctags every night via GitHub Actions.

Notes

This repository only provides snapshot prebuilt binaries for:

OSARCH
macOSx86_64 arm64
Linuxx86_64 aarch64 ppc64le riscv64 loongarch64 s390x
Androidx86_64 aarch64 armv7a i686
DragonFlyBSDx86_64
MidnightBSDamd64
FreeBSDamd64
OpenBSDamd64
NetBSDamd64

If you need prebuilt binaries for Windows, please go to ctags-win32

If you encounter any problems with these prebuilt binaries, please file an issue on Universal Ctags issue tracker

If you are extremely concerned about performance, building it on your local machine from source is a better choice as long as you know Autotools well.

Dependency Graph

dependencies

for Linux, Android, DragonFlyBSD, MidnightBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD

All dependencies including libc are fully statically linked into the executables.

for macOS

All dependencies except libc(/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib) are statically linked into the executables.

builder

These files are created by ppkg

Some extra files are shipped with the tarball files, which all are located in a hidden directory named .ppkg.

Tarball file structure:

uctags-2024.04.04-linux-x86_64
├── .ppkg
│   ├── dependencies
│   │   ├── libiconv.yml
│   │   ├── libjansson.yml
│   │   ├── libxml2.yml
│   │   ├── libyaml.yml
│   │   └── libz.yml
│   ├── COPYING
│   ├── MANIFEST.txt
│   ├── NEWS.rst
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── RECEIPT.yml
│   ├── config.log
│   ├── dependencies.box
│   ├── dependencies.d2
│   ├── dependencies.dot
│   └── dependencies.svg
├── bin
│   ├── ctags
│   ├── optscript
│   └── readtags
└── man
    ├── man1
    │   ├── ctags.1
    │   └── readtags.1
    ├── man5
    │   ├── ctags-json-output.5
    │   └── tags.5
    └── man7
        ├── ctags-client-tools.7
        ├── ctags-faq.7
        ├── ctags-incompatibilities.7
        ├── ctags-lang-asm.7
        ├── ctags-lang-autoit.7
        ├── ctags-lang-automake.7
        ├── ctags-lang-c++.7
        ├── ctags-lang-c.7
        ├── ctags-lang-cuda.7
        ├── ctags-lang-elm.7
        ├── ctags-lang-fortran.7
        ├── ctags-lang-gdscript.7
        ├── ctags-lang-i18nrubygem.7
        ├── ctags-lang-iPythonCell.7
        ├── ctags-lang-inko.7
        ├── ctags-lang-javascript.7
        ├── ctags-lang-julia.7
        ├── ctags-lang-kconfig.7
        ├── ctags-lang-ldscript.7
        ├── ctags-lang-lex.7
        ├── ctags-lang-markdown.7
        ├── ctags-lang-python.7
        ├── ctags-lang-r.7
        ├── ctags-lang-rmarkdown.7
        ├── ctags-lang-sql.7
        ├── ctags-lang-systemtap.7
        ├── ctags-lang-tcl.7
        ├── ctags-lang-terraform.7
        ├── ctags-lang-verilog.7
        ├── ctags-lang-vim.7
        └── ctags-optlib.7