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redis/redis

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01Overview

redis · 303,266 lines of actual code

1,137

Files

303,266

Code lines

65,071

Comments

Languages

56,905

Complexity

Secrets

Line Composition 415,256 total lines

Code303,26673.0%

Blank46,91911.3%

Comments65,07115.7%

~99%

tokens saved

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02Languages & Tech Stack

what it’s written in, what it depends on

Language Breakdown

Language

Files

Code

198

151,692

50.0%

TCL

240

86,684

28.6%

JSON

467

29,880

9.9%

C Header

11,050

3.6%

Module-Definition

10,837

3.6%

Python

4,066

1.3%

Markdown

2,116

0.7%

YAML

1,897

0.6%

Shell

1,714

0.6%

+ 11 more

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3,152

Tech Stack (43 detected)

Standard Library 35819 modules POSIX 8614 modules redis-py (Redis) 12 Redis (Client) 6 OpenSSL 3 Requests 2 Tqdm 2 Node.js File System 1 Node.js Path 1 NumPy 1 Ruby Standard Library: Digest 3 Linux: epoll 1

03Notable Files

where complexity and size live

Most Complex

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
src/cluster_legacy.c	4,374	1,458
src/networking.c	4,067	1,372
src/t_zset.c	3,507	1,360
src/sentinel.c	3,813	1,271

Largest

File	Lines	Cx
src/commands.def	10,837	192
src/redis-cli.c	9,569	3,424
src/module.c	8,445	2,394
src/server.c	5,987	1,687
src/t_hash.c	4,715	1,649
src/t_stream.c	4,541	1,587
src/cluster_legacy.c	4,374	1,458
src/rdb.c	4,126	1,767
src/networking.c	4,067	1,372
tests/unit/bitroar.tcl	3,839	175

04Code Quality

style, correctness, and maintainability findings

By Severity & Category

Warning

274

Info

591

Error

Total

865

By Category

correctness 203 deprecated 3 maintainability 549 performance 2 safety 2 security 106

Top Findings

A requests call with no timeout can block its worker forever if the server stops responding; pass timeout= ×2

modules/vector-sets/examples/cli-tool/cli.py:30 + 1 more

Avoid global variables; use function parameters or class attributes for better scope management

modules/vector-sets/examples/cli-tool/cli.py:80

Warning: Excessive nesting depth (>= 5 levels) detected. Deeply nested code is hard to read and maintain. Consider refactoring into separate functions. ×2

modules/vector-sets/fastjson.c:361 + 1 more

05Secrets & Credentials

pattern-based scan for hardcoded secrets

generic-password — Detected a potential hardcoded password literal, which may expose account credentials.

src/cluster.c:535

generic-password — Detected a potential hardcoded password literal, which may expose account credentials.

src/cluster.c:544

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