art-dupl vs QuickDup

art-dupl9.2Visit QQuickDup8.5Visit

Higher score art-dupl #2 in Code Clone Detection Tools 9.2/10 Open source ✓ 2 of 3 features Visit art-dupl

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Q QuickDup #7 in Code Clone Detection Tools 8.5/10 Open source ✓ 2 of 3 features Visit QuickDup

• art-dupl fits best

  Go teams needing deep CI clone analysis

• QuickDup fits best

  Teams reviewing clones in GitHub pull requests

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Side by side

Feature	art-dupl 9.2/10 Visit ↗	QQuickDup 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.5
Ranking	#2 in Code Clone Detection Tools	#7 in Code Clone Detection Tools
Best for	Go teams needing deep CI clone analysis	Teams reviewing clones in GitHub pull requests
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Open source	Open source
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Support	Docs, Community	Docs
Integrations	3 integrations	1 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features art-dupl 2/3 · QuickDup 2/3
CI integration	✓	✓
IDE integration	Not checked yet	—
Self-hosted option	✓	✓
Specs
Clone detection method	Ast	Hybrid
Scan scope	Repository	Repository
Supported languages	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	AST-based semantic, exact, and structural clone detection Generated-code filtering, baselines, and CI checks GitHub integrations plus a programmatic Go SDK	Combines structural fingerprints with token-similarity scoring Adds Git diff, commit-range, caching, and threshold controls Publishes findings as GitHub Actions pull-request annotations
Cons	Source analysis is focused on Go and Templ projects Self-hosted operation puts environment management on the team CLI and SDK workflows may be more than small projects need	No IDE integration Findings are candidates, not definitive semantic classifications Requires self-hosted command-line and CI setup
Our verdict	art-dupl is an open-source command-line tool for detecting duplicated code in Go and Templ projects. It analyzes repositories through AST-based structural detection and supports semantic, exact, structural, suffix-tree, and hash-based… Read the review →	QuickDup is an open-source command-line tool for detecting likely code clones in source directories or individual files. It is aimed at developers and engineering teams that review duplication across repositories, particularly teams using… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• art-dupl — where it wins

  • AST-based semantic, exact, and structural clone detection
  • Generated-code filtering, baselines, and CI checks
  • GitHub integrations plus a programmatic Go SDK

  Where it doesn't

  • Source analysis is focused on Go and Templ projects
  • Self-hosted operation puts environment management on the team
  • CLI and SDK workflows may be more than small projects need

• QuickDup — where it wins

  • Combines structural fingerprints with token-similarity scoring
  • Adds Git diff, commit-range, caching, and threshold controls
  • Publishes findings as GitHub Actions pull-request annotations

  Where it doesn't

  • No IDE integration
  • Findings are candidates, not definitive semantic classifications
  • Requires self-hosted command-line and CI setup

• art-dupl9.2/10 · Open source

  A focused, self-hosted clone analyzer for Go teams building duplication checks into CI.

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• QQuickDup8.5/10 · Open source

  An open-source candidate finder for reviewing likely code duplicates in pull requests.

  Visit QuickDupFull verdict →