Alternatives to scc
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. scc itself: install scc.
cloc
cloc counts blank lines, comment lines, and physical lines of source code in many programming languages
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
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
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
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
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
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
diff-so-fancy
Make your diffs human readable for improved code quality and faster defect detection. :tada:
ffuf
Fast web fuzzer written in Go
Orca Slicer Nightly
G-code generator for 3D printers (Bambu, Prusa, Voron, VzBot, RatRig, Creality, etc.)
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
gobuster
Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go
hadolint
Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell
gitoxide
An idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
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
autocannon
fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js
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 scc — 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.
scc 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.