REPOSITORY COMPARISON · github.com & github.com

redis/redis

1,137 files · 21 langs · 303,266 lines

@5e332ca

memcached/memcached

293 files · 22 langs · 61,002 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 1.97× higher findings density per 1k LOC.

01Overview

absolute counts side by side

1,137

redis files

3.9×

293

memcached files

303,266

redis code lines

5.0×

61,002

memcached code lines

56,905

redis complexity

5.0×

11,386

memcached complexity

redis languages

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memcached languages

redis secrets

3.5×

memcached secrets

02Token cost to read raw

why dossiers exist

redis/redis

~2.1M tokens

→ via code_analyze: ~2k tokens

memcached/memcached

~427k 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

Code 73.0%

Blank 11.3%

Comments 15.7%

Code 73.3%

Blank 13.8%

Comments 12.8%

04Language breakdown

top 6 each

redis

50.0%

TCL

28.6%

JSON

9.9%

C Header

3.6%

Module-Definition

3.6%

Python

1.3%

+ 15 more

memcached

50.8%

Raku

18.4%

C Header

8.9%

Plain Text

5.1%

4.1%

Lua

3.7%

+ 16 more

05Tech stack overlap

26 shared · 17 only in redis · 1 only in memcached

Shared 26

Standard Library: String Manipulation 78/30 Standard Library: General Utilities 47/29 Standard Library: IO 49/23 POSIX: Unistd (System Calls) 33/9 Standard Library: Errors 28/8 Standard Library: Assertions 24/12 Standard Library: Types 26/5 Standard Library: Time 18/3 POSIX: Pthreads (Threading) 13/8 POSIX: File Control 10/9 POSIX: Stat (File Status) 5/8 Standard Library: Data Types & Collections 9/3 + 14 more

Only in redis

Standard Library: Math 34 redis-py (Redis) 12 Redis (Client) 6 Standard Library: Concurrency 5 Ruby Standard Library: Digest 3 POSIX: Regular Expressions 2 Requests 2 Standard Library: IO & Files 2 Tqdm 2 Linux: epoll 1 Node.js File System 1 Node.js Path 1 + 5 more

Only in memcached

Standard Library: Networking 3

06Most complex files

where the heavy lifting lives · click to drill in

redis

File	Lines	Cx
src/redis-cli.c	9,569	3,424
src/module.c	8,445	2,394
src/rdb.c	4,126	1,767
src/server.c	5,987	1,687
src/t_hash.c	4,715	1,649
src/t_stream.c	4,541	1,587

memcached

File	Lines	Cx
memcached.c	5,084	1,335
proto_text.c	1,413	503
proxy_luafgen.c	1,564	486
xxhash.h	2,638	476
items.c	1,404	411
testapp.c	1,949	395

07Code quality findings

absolute count vs density per 1k LOC

865

redis findings

2.5×

343

memcached findings

2.9

redis findings / 1k LOC

density

5.6

memcached findings / 1k LOC

redis errors

memcached errors

Despite being smaller, memcached/memcached flags 1.97× more issues per 1k LOC than redis/redis — denser code, not tidier.

08Secrets & credentials

pattern-based scan

redis

memcached

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