Simian Similarity Analyzer vs SourcererCC
Simian Similarity Analyzer
simian.quandarypeak.comSourcererCC
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| Figure | Simian Similarity Analyzer | SourcererCC |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Code Duplication Detection Tools | 7.4 (#10) | 6.6 (#12) |
| Spec score · Code Clone Detection Tools | 7.4 (#15) | 6.6 (#22) |
| License | Simian Similarity Analyzer is licensed under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0. | The GitHub repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0. |
| Purpose | Simian scans source files and reports duplicated blocks of code across codebases. | SourcererCC is a token-based code clone detector for very large code bases and Internet-scale project repositories. |
| Support | The maker directs users to Stack Overflow for help with Simian. | The tutorial invites users to contact the team for technical help, including hardware performance tuning. |
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In their own words
Simian Similarity Analyzer
Simian Similarity Analyzer scans files in a repository and reports repeated blocks of text, including duplicated code. It analyzes human-readable material such as source files, markup, stylesheets, Markdown, and plain text. Listed languages range from Java, C, C++, C#, COBOL, and Python to JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, XML, and CSS. The tool runs on the Java Virtual Machine, and its generated JAR works with JDK 8 or newer. It can run locally, from scripts, or in a build pipeline; the repository also documents Gradle integration. Results are plain text by default, with XML, YAML, and editor-friendly formats available. Settings include a duplicate-line threshold, file include and exclude patterns, language selection, and ways to ignore differences such as identifiers, strings, and numbers. The maker reports a JDK test processing over 2.4 million lines and finding more than 140,000 duplicate lines in under five seconds, with results varying by hardware, operating system, and options. Simian is free and open source under Apache License 2.0.
SourcererCC
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