What is Simian?

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Latest versions of Cruise Control .Net includes a template to render Simian Reports. Last week I've been asked abut it.

 

From the website:

"Simian (Similarity Analyser) identifies duplication in Java, C#, C, C++, COBOL, Ruby, JSP, ASP, HTML, XML, Visual Basic source code and even plain text files. In fact, simian can be used on any human readable files such as ini files, deployment descriptors, you name it."

 

https://www.redhillconsulting.com.au/products/simian/

 

The tool is designed to be integrated with your build process, so it's perfect to make code reviews and plan refactorings.

 

I have to read the license to see how to integrate with current projects.