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CCFinderSW vs jscpd

Both stand on code clone detection tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

CCFinderSW

Free plan Windows

CCFinderSW provides configurable token-based clone detection with multiple output formats and command-line controls. Its language setup and Windows-only platform are important constraints to weigh.

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jscpd combines repository-wide clone detection with build thresholds, reports, and developer workflow integrations. Its experimental semantic detection and language-specific dead-code limits are worth considering when choosing which checks to rely on.

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The facts

	CCFinderSW	jscpd
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Yes
Runs on	Windows	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Free or on request
Plans published	1	2
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	github.com	jscpd.dev
On code clone detection tools	#3 of 23	#1 of 23

CCFinderSW: what it does well

Free and MIT-licensed.
Outputs clone data in four listed formats.
Supports UTF-8, Shift-JIS, EUC-JP and automatic recognition.
Clone threshold can be changed with -t.
Results can be read by Gemini or CCFX.

What to know first

Windows is the only listed platform.
Requires Java 8 or later.
A comment rule file is required for the target language.
Lexer is not optimized for individual languages.

jscpd: what it does well

Supports 224 languages, according to the project
Can enforce duplication thresholds in builds
Offers multiple report formats, including SARIF
Runs as a native binary without Node.js
Free and open source

What to know first

Semantic clone detection is experimental
Dead-code analysis covers only specified languages
Rust dead-code analysis needs compiler diagnostics

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