libreadtags is a library for reading tags files generated by ctags. libreadtags assumes the tags file format explained in [tags(5)](https://docs.ctags.io/en/latest/man/tags.5.html) of Universal-ctags. See the comments at the top of readtags.h about the license and copyright. libreadtags was derived from readtags.c of Exuberant-ctags. NEWS.md describes note worty changes. If you are looking for command line interface for tags files, you will like [readtags command](https://docs.ctags.io/en/latest/man/readtags.1.html) shipped as part of Universal-ctags. It uses libreadtags extensively.