Codequiry CLI — Code Plagiarism Checker for the Terminal

Check code for plagiarism from your terminal with Codequiry, the code plagiarism checker. One command zips a folder, uploads it, runs source code plagiarism detection and peer code similarity analysis against billions of web sources, and prints the results. Works across 65+ programming languages, with AI-generated code detection available on every check.

Built for professors, teaching assistants, bootcamps, hiring teams, and CI pipelines that need to verify code originality.

Quick Install

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://codequiry.com/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://codequiry.com/install.ps1 | iex

NPM:

npm install -g codequiry-cli

Usage

# Authenticate
codequiry auth

# Scan a folder (does everything in one command)
codequiry scan ./submissions

# Interactive mode
codequiry

Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | codequiry | Interactive TUI mode | | codequiry scan [path] | Full scan: zip, upload, start, poll, results | | codequiry auth | Set your API key | | codequiry checks | List all checks | | codequiry create | Create a new check | | codequiry upload [path] | Upload files to a check | | codequiry start | Start a check | | codequiry status | Check progress | | codequiry results | View results | | codequiry account | Account info & quota | | codequiry delete | Delete a check |

CI/CD

# JSON output for pipelines
codequiry scan ./src --output json

# Fail if similarity exceeds threshold
codequiry scan ./src --threshold 70

# Auth via environment variable
export CODEQUIRY_API_KEY=your-key-here
codequiry scan ./src --output json

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• API key from codequiry.com (Grow or Advanced plan)

Links

• Codequiry: code plagiarism checker
• API documentation
• Get an API key
• Node.js SDK — the same API from your own code
• MCP server — plagiarism checks from Claude, Cursor, and other AI agents
• AI code detection

License

MIT © Codequiry