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redis/redis

1,112 files · 18 langs · 290,692 lines
@524129a
VS

memcached/memcached

288 files · 18 langs · 61,767 lines
@2d51e36
redis/redis dossier memcached/memcached dossier redis/redis on github.com → memcached/memcached on github.com →
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redis/redis has 2.5× more findings overall — but memcached/memcached has 1.90× higher findings density per 1k LOC.

01Overview

absolute counts side by side
1,112
redis files
3.9×
288
memcached files
290,692
redis code lines
4.7×
61,767
memcached code lines
53,173
redis complexity
5.3×
10,052
memcached complexity
18
redis languages
≈
18
memcached languages
0
redis secrets
=
both clean
0
memcached secrets

02Token cost to read raw

why dossiers exist
redis/redis
~2.0M tokens
→ via code_analyze: ~2k tokens
memcached/memcached
~432k tokens
→ via code_analyze: ~2k tokens

Either way, structured analysis collapses both to a couple of kilotokens. See it in action on the homepage.

03Line composition

code, blank, and comment shares
redis/redis 394,510 lines total
Code 73.7%
Blank 11.0%
Comments 15.4%
memcached/memcached 83,077 lines total
Code 74.3%
Blank 13.3%
Comments 12.3%

04Language breakdown

top 6 each

redis

C
50.5%
TCL
27.3%
JSON
10.1%
C Header
3.8%
Module-Definition
3.7%
Python
1.5%
+ 12 more
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memcached

C
50.2%
Raku
19.2%
C Header
9.7%
#!
6.5%
Plain Text
5.0%
Lua
3.6%
+ 12 more
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05Tech stack overlap

21 shared · 24 only in redis · 0 only in memcached

Shared 21

Standard Library: String Manipulation 75/30 Standard Library: General Utilities 46/29 Standard Library: IO 48/23 Standard Library: Assertions 37/12 POSIX: Unistd (System Calls) 31/9 Standard Library: Errors 26/8 Standard Library: Types 25/5 Standard Library: Time 17/3 POSIX: Pthreads (Threading) 11/8 POSIX: File Control 10/9 POSIX: Stat (File Status) 5/8 Standard Library: Limits 8/3 + 9 more

Only in redis

Standard Library: Math 48 redis-py (Redis) 15 Standard Library: Data Types & Collections 9 Standard Library: Data Formats 7 Standard Library: CLI Arguments 7 Standard Library: OS Interaction 6 Redis (Client) 6 Standard Library: Concurrency 4 Standard Library: IO & Files 3 Ruby Standard Library: Digest 3 Requests 2 Tqdm 2 + 12 more

All of memcached/memcached's detected tech also appears in redis/redis — redis's stack is a superset.

06Most complex files

where the heavy lifting lives · click to drill in

redis

FileLinesCx
src/redis-cli.c9,6452,865
src/module.c8,3542,366
src/rdb.c4,0581,731
src/server.c5,8761,658
src/t_hash.c4,5411,586
src/t_stream.c4,2591,510

memcached

FileLinesCx
memcached.c5,0841,328
proto_text.c1,413503
proxy_luafgen.c1,564486
xxhash.h2,638423
items.c1,404410
testapp.c1,949395

07Code quality findings

absolute count vs density per 1k LOC
3,482
redis findings
2.5×
1,409
memcached findings
12.0
redis findings / 1k LOC
density
22.8
memcached findings / 1k LOC
119
redis errors
4.6×
26
memcached errors
Despite being smaller, memcached/memcached flags 1.90× more issues per 1k LOC than redis/redis — denser code, not tidier.

08Secrets & credentials

pattern-based scan

redis

✓ No hardcoded credentials detected.0 of 290,692 lines flagged

memcached

✓ No hardcoded credentials detected.0 of 61,767 lines flagged

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