dsummersl/treepeat

Code similarity detection using treesitter

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2.0 Steady Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 24, 2026, 19:41 UTC.

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About the project

A Python tool for finding duplicate, near-duplicate, and structurally similar code using tree-sitter and locality-sensitive hashing. Supports multiple languages and configurable normalization rulesets.

Useful for

Find exact duplicate functions in a codebase before refactoring
Set up duplicate code checks in CI using SARIF output
Compare structurally similar code blocks with different variable names

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

12 stars so far today, about 14 expected by the end of the day. The usual pace is 0 per day, so that's 14× as much.
Hacker News: “Show HN: Treepeat – Code similarity detection using Tree-sitter” — 18 points, 2 days ago.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 15
Today: 12 · ≈ 14 by evening
Forks: 2
Issues and pull requests: 107
Watchers: 0
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Latest release: v0.9.0 · September 22, 2026
Created: November 11, 2025
Last push: September 22, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Hacker News discussions

Show HN: Treepeat – Code similarity detection using Tree-sitter18 points, September 22, 2026

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September 24, 2026Spotted on Hacker News

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