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cloc vs scc
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | cloc | scc |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Perl | Go |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Stars | 24k | 8.8k |
| Latest | v2.10 | v4.1.0 |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-25 |
| Release cadence | about 171 days between releases | about 148 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 7 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 14 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
scc replaces cloc. Alternatives to cloc →
Full replacementSame per-language counts, faster, with complexity and COCOMO estimates on top.
Published benchmarks, each linked to its source. The numbers depend on the hardware and the workload they were measured on.
Counting the Redis source on Linux
hyperfine on a 16 vCPU droplet, ~180,000 lines: scc 1.0.0 36.7 ms, cloc 1.60 1.485 s.
cloc
scc
- v4.1.02026-09-079f95cd6e06de134c1d5274f0595a69b18190edc6 Issue #762 (#763)
- v4.0.02026-08-248482b41256be1c10ed6f279ca5b11f6059714e8a Add --count-unsupported to count unrecognised files as Unknown (#754)
- v3.7.02026-03-0441ceabe Add Apex (Salesforce) support (#671)
- v3.6.02025-10-31c919829 Accelerating scc startup speed with code generation (#594)
- v3.5.02025-02-171f1ad4e (docs) fix GitLab CI link to metrics reports (#586)
cloc
unsigned The latest release, v2.10, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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scc
unsigned The latest release, v4.1.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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