PMD vs SourcererCC
PMD
pmd.github.ioSourcererCC
github.comSide by side
| Figure | PMD | SourcererCC |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Code Clone Detection Tools | 8.1 (#3) | 6.6 (#22) |
| Spec score · Code Duplication Detection Tools | 8.1 (#4) | 6.6 (#12) |
| Languages | PMD focuses mainly on Java and Apex and supports 16 other languages, including JavaScript, Kotlin, Swift, and XML. | The tokenizer can be configured with language comment syntax and a list of file extensions to analyze. |
| License | The project identifies its license as BSD-style. | The GitHub repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0. |
| Purpose | PMD is an extensible cross-language static code analyzer that finds common programming flaws. | SourcererCC is a token-based code clone detector for very large code bases and Internet-scale project repositories. |
| Support | The project directs users to Stack Overflow for questions, GitHub issues for suspected bugs or requests, and Gitter for quick questions. | The tutorial invites users to contact the team for technical help, including hardware performance tuning. |
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In their own words
PMD
PMD is a free, extensible static code analyzer that checks source code for programming flaws such as unused variables, empty catch blocks, and unnecessary object creation. It includes more than 400 built-in rules, and teams can write custom rules in Java or XPath. Its bundled CPD tool finds duplicated code across many programming languages. PMD checks source directories from the command line and can run as a Maven, Ant, Gradle, or bld build operation. Supported languages include Java, JavaScript, Salesforce Apex and Visualforce, Kotlin, Swift, Modelica, PL/SQL, Apache Velocity, JSP, WSDL, Maven POM, HTML, XML, and XSL; Scala is supported without Scala rules. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows and requires Java 8 or above. For CI, its GitHub Action can create SARIF reports and fail builds based on violation counts; documentation also covers GitLab, Jenkins, and Bamboo integrations. IDE integrations include Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, and Visual Studio Code, though some listed plugins are not actively maintained. Only the latest major version is actively developed.
SourcererCC
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