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GNU Stow vs SourceMonitor

A side-by-side look at GNU Stow and SourceMonitor. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU Stow

GNU Stow

Os & Utilities

GNU Stow is a symlink manager that helps organize software installed from source into different directories and symlink them into a common location for easy access. It keeps different versions in their own self-contained trees without having to recompile any binaries.

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SourceMonitor

SourceMonitor

Development

SourceMonitor is a static analysis tool for measuring code complexity and analyzing relationships in software systems. It supports over 20 programming languages and can generate detailed reports on code structure, complexity, duplicates, coding standards violations and more.

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