Alternatives to cloc
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. cloc itself: install cloc.
scc
Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go
sourcery
Meta-programming for Swift, stop writing boilerplate code
credo
A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language with a focus on code consistency and teaching
lizard-analyzer
A simple code complexity analyser without caring about the C/C++ header files or Java imports, supports most of the popular languages
kibi
A text editor in ≤1024 lines of code, written in Rust
dep-tree
Tool for helping developers keep their code bases clean and decoupled. It allows visualising a code base complexity using a 3d force-directed graph of
go
The Go programming language
git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://
prettier
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
black
The uncompromising Python code formatter
trivy
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
VSCodium
binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
eslint
Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code
delve
Delve is a debugger for the Go programming language
ruby
The Ruby Programming Language
diff-so-fancy
Make your diffs human readable for improved code quality and faster defect detection. :tada:
Orca Slicer Nightly
G-code generator for 3D printers (Bambu, Prusa, Voron, VzBot, RatRig, Creality, etc.)
swiftgen
The Swift code generator for your assets, storyboards, Localizable.strings, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs!
retdec
RetDec is a retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
arxiv_latex_cleaner
arXiv LaTeX Cleaner: Easily clean the LaTeX code of your paper to submit to arXiv
espeak-ng
eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents
magic_enum
Static reflection for enums (to string, from string, iteration) for modern C++, work with any enum type without any macro or boilerplate code
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than cloc — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
cloc is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.