jscpd
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What both publish
| Fact | jscpd | NiCad |
|---|---|---|
| Languages | The site says jscpd supports 224 languages. | Included language plugins cover C, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, WSDL, and ATL. |
| License | The project and its published packages use the permissive MIT license. | The project uses an MIT-style license permitting use, modification, distribution, sublicensing, and sale subject to its stated conditions. |
| Purpose | jscpd scans source code for duplicate code and can fail a build when duplication exceeds a configured threshold. | NiCad is a near-miss source code clone detection system. |
| Reports | Reporters include HTML, JSON, XML, README badges, SARIF, CodeClimate, and OpenMetrics formats. | Results include clone pairs and clone classes in XML-like formats, with optional browsable HTML reports. |
jscpd plans
- jscpdFree
- jscpd open-source distributionFree
NiCad plans
- Free and open sourceFree
Pick jscpd if…
jscpd suits developers who want to identify repeated code in repositories during local work or CI/CD. Its threshold checks and CI integrations may be useful for teams that want builds to flag excess duplication.
Pick NiCad if…
NiCad suits developers and teams looking for code clones within repositories, including near-miss similarities. It is a fit for users who can meet its OpenTxl dependency and, when building comparison tools, Turing+ requirement.