Scc

scc Plugin

Sloc, Cloc and Code: A very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go. Count lines of code, complexity, and estimate effort.

Commands

Code Counting

• scc code count — Count lines of code and complexity

Utility

• scc _ _ — Passthrough to scc CLI

Usage Examples

• "Count lines of code"
• "Calculate code complexity"
• "Estimate effort for this project"
• "Show code statistics"

Installation

brew install scc

Or via Go:

go install github.com/boyter/scc/v3/cmd/scc@latest

Examples

# Count code in directory
scc code count .

# Count code with file details
scc code count --by-file .

# JSON output
scc code count --format json

# Calculate complexity
scc code count --complexity

# COCOMO estimates
scc code count --cocomo

# Exclude directories
scc code count --exclude-dir vendor,node_modules

# Count specific files
scc code count src/*.go

# Any scc command with passthrough
scc _ _ --by-file --format json
scc _ _ --complexity --cocomo

Key Features

• Fast - Very fast code counting
• Accurate - Accurate SLOC counting
• 250+ languages - Supports many programming languages
• Complexity - Cyclomatic complexity calculations
• COCOMO - Effort and cost estimates
• Multiple formats - JSON, CSV, HTML output
• By file - Detailed file-level statistics
• Exclude patterns - Ignore specific directories
• Cross-platform - Linux, macOS, Windows
• Git aware - Can filter by git status

Notes

• Supports 250+ programming languages
• Can calculate complexity metrics
• COCOMO provides effort estimates
• Great for project statistics
• Can be used in CI/CD pipelines