The area of clone detection has considerably evolved
over the last decade, leading to approaches with better re-
sults, but at the same time using more elaborate algorithms
and tool chains. In our opinion a level has been reached,
where the initial investment required to setup a clone de-
tection tool chain and the code infrastructure required for
experimenting with new heuristics and algorithms seriously
hampers the exploration of novel solutions or specific case
studies. As a solution, this paper presents CloneDetective,
an open source framework and tool chain for clone detec-
tion, which is especially geared towards configurability and
extendability and thus supports the preparation and con-
duction of clone detection research.