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dcd
Plans and prices
dcd
Free
AGPL-3.0 open-source license
Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com
Priority support
Priced on request
priority direct email support from the developer
Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Commercial support
- Commercial users can purchase a year's priority support entitlement for direct email support from the developer.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Fuzzy matching
- The --fuzz option uses simhash distance to match similar but non-identical lines, with values from 0 to 255.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Gap tolerance
- The --gap-tolerance option bridges inserted, deleted, or modified lines in otherwise matching duplicate blocks.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Hole tolerance
- The --max-hole-size option allows modified lines within a duplicate diagonal match.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Ignore support
- dcd supports .ignore files using the same syntax as .gitignore files and can ignore marked code blocks.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Installation
- Users with Go 1.19 or newer can install dcd with go install github.com/boyter/dcd@latest.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Language coverage
- The comparison table says dcd provides language-aware parsing via scc for 250+ languages.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License 3.0.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Maker background
- Ben Boyter describes himself as a professional software engineer with more than 15 years of development experience focused on testing.boyter.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- dcd is a duplicate code detector designed to identify duplicate code within a project.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Release limitation
- Release 1.1.0 removed Windows support for full filesystem compatibility and directs Windows users to WSL.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Single-file comparison
- The --file option compares one file against the rest of the codebase.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Structured output
- The --format json option produces structured JSON output for integration with other tools or CI pipelines.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Visualizations
- dcd can generate PBM scatter plots and self-contained interactive HTML reports with file heatmaps and scatter plots.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
