sloccount ☆

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Description:
Count lines of code in many languages

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: code-analysis metrics productivity developer-tools loc

Install: brew install sloccount

About:
Sloccount is a tool that analyzes source code to count lines of code (LOC) across multiple programming languages. It provides detailed metrics on development effort, including cost and schedule estimates based on the COCOMO model. This helps teams understand project complexity and resource allocation.

Key Features:

Supports over 20 programming languages including C, Java, Python, and Perl
Generates detailed effort and cost estimates using the COCOMO model
Produces easy-to-read reports with language breakdowns and developer statistics
Detects duplicate code and identifies potential development bottlenecks

Use Cases:

Estimating project size and development costs for budgeting purposes
Comparing codebase complexity across different programming languages
Auditing code repositories to understand language distribution and effort

Alternatives:

cloc – cloc is more actively maintained and faster, but sloccount provides effort/cost estimation features
tokei – tokei is extremely fast and modern, but lacks sloccount's detailed effort estimation capabilities

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 10:34am		0	VERSION_BUMP	0f0df447
Sep 13, 2024 11:16pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	15b923ec