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CCFinderSW vs NiCad
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.
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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NiCad offers configurable clone detection across several languages and analysis granularities. Check its OpenTxl and Turing+ requirements against your setup before choosing it.
Visit NiCadThe facts
| CCFinderSW | NiCad | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Windows | Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | github.com | github.com |
| On code clone detection tools | #3 of 23 | #7 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.
NiCad: what it does well
- Analyzes source at file, function, or block level.
- Includes plugins for eight listed languages.
- Comparison settings can be customized in configuration files.
- Optional browsable HTML reports.
- Free, MIT-style licensed software.
What to know first
- Requires OpenTxl 11 or later.
- Building comparison tools requires Turing+ 6.2 or later.
- Other language plugins require an available TXL grammar.
- Issue creation is restricted, and no issues are open.
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