.NET Lines of Code Counter

Question

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good LOC counter for .NET projects (web, windows service, etc.)? Some features that I'm looking for include:

• Ability to export results to Excel or something similar (not just PDF as I may want to work with the data);
• Create several counter projects (e.g. project 1 includes .NET projects A,B and C, and project 2 includes .NET projects D, E and F);
• Be able to track changes to projects over time;
• Easily weed out bogus files (like VSS files, csproj files, .user files, etc.);
• Count code against TFS, VSS , file system;
• Ideally, I'd like to be able to point the app to a .sln file and have it import all projects, instead of me having to add each project one by one;
• Include JavaScript files (and ideally exclude comments, but that's a nice-to-have);
• EDIT Freeware would be preferred but not a show-stopper;
• EDIT Support for .NET 3.5 and 4 is required.

I saw a few older questions along the same line, but was hoping for some updated tools that support various types of .NET projects (not just web projects, for example).

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Would this project found on CodeProject do? - and has been updated for VS 2005/2008.

Answer 2

Source Monitor does much of what you are looking for. I don't believe it works against any version control systems, but can be accessed through scripts. It does not work with JavaScript. I've used it on a number of projects and been happy with it.

Answer 3

I usually use NDepend for code analysis it does have LOC as one of the metrics and support quite a few of your requirements (such as point at .sln file). No build in support for Version control systems but it is supported by quite a few continious integration servers

Answer 4

Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 has a code analyzer built in. In the solution explorer right click on the project and pick Calculate Code Metrics. You can read more here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/habibh/archive/2009/10/27/how-to-count-the-lines-of-code-loc-in-your-application-using-visual-studio.aspx

Raul