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Slopo
A lightweight CLI tool for detecting non-exact code duplication using embedding models.
Slopo
What is Slopo?
Slopo is a command-line tool that uses embedding models to identify similar code snippets across a codebase, focusing on non-exact duplicates that are hard to detect manually.
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How to use Slopo?
- 1Install with 'uv tool install slopo'.
- 2Run 'slopo init' to create a configuration file.
- 3Set the source directory and embedding model in the config.
- 4Run 'slopo index' to parse code, 'slopo embed' to compute embeddings, and 'slopo analyze' to generate a report.
Slopo Key Features
- Embedding-based similarity detection for non-exact duplicates
- Supports Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Kotlin, C#, Go, Rust
- Configurable similarity and reranking thresholds
- Incremental re-indexing for updated codebases
- Ignore file to skip reviewed clusters
- Clusters ranked by similarity and distance in codebase
Slopo Use Cases
- Detecting non-exact code duplication in large codebases
- Identifying harmful duplicates spread across modules
- Assisting AI agents in refactoring and code cleanup
Slopo Pricing & Free Credits
Slopo currently operates on a Free model.
This tool is completely free to use
Slopo Pros & Cons
Pros
- Detects non-exact duplicates that other tools miss
- Supports multiple programming languages
- Configurable thresholds for fine-tuning results
- Incremental indexing saves time on repeated runs
Cons
- Requires an external embedding API (e.g., Voyage AI)
- Limited to languages with AST parsers
- May produce false positives for similar but semantically different code
What is Slopo best for?
- Developers managing large codebases
- Teams focusing on code refactoring