wishlam / awesome-static-analysis

A list of static analysis tools and code quality checkers for many programming languages

Awesome static analysis

A collection of static analysis tools and code quality checkers for all programming languages.
Explanation: [OSS] stands for Open-Source-Software, [PROPRIETARY] stands for proprietary software.

C

• CMetrics [OSS] - Measures size and complexity for C files

C++

• cppcheck [OSS] - static analysis of C/C++ code
• PVS Studio [PROPRIETARY] - static analysis of C/C++ code

C#

• ReSharper [PROPRIETARY] - Extends Visual Studio with on-the-fly code inspections for C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, JavaScript, TypeScript and other technologies

Docker

• Haskell Dockerfile Linter [OSS] - A smarter Dockerfile linter that helps you build best practice Docker images

Elixir

• credo [OSS] - A static code analysis tool with a focus on code consistency and teaching.

Go

• go/ast [OSS] - Package ast declares the types used to represent syntax trees for Go packages.
• gocyclo [OSS] - Calculate cyclomatic complexities of functions in Go source code
• Go Meta Linter [OSS] - Concurrently run Go lint tools and normalise their output
• go vet [OSS] - Examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs
• safesql [OSS] - Static analysis tool for Golang that protects against SQL injections

Groovy

• CodeNarc [OSS] - a static analysis tool for Groovy source code, enabling monitoring and enforcement of many coding standards and best practices

HTML

• HTMLHint [OSS] - A Static Code Analysis Tool for HTML
• HTML Inspector [OSS] - HTML Inspector is a code quality tool to help you and your team write better markup.

Java

• checkstyle [OSS] - checking Java source code for adherence to a Code Standard or set of validation rules (best practices)
• Error-prone [OSS] - Catch common Java mistakes as compile-time errors·
• fb-contrib [OSS] - A plugin for FindBugs with additional bug detectors
• Findbugs [OSS] - FindBugs is a program to find bugs in Java programs. It looks for patterns are likely to be errors.
• PMD [OSS] - A Java source code analyzer

JavaScript

• aether [OSS] - Lint, analyze, normalize, transform, sandbox, run, step through, and visualize user JavaScript, in node or the browser.
• ClosureLinter [OSS] - ensures that all of your project's JavaScript code follows the guidelines in the Google JavaScript Style Guide. It can also automatically fix many common errors
• complexity-report [OSS] - Software complexity analysis for JavaScript projects
• escomplex [OSS] - Software complexity analysis of JavaScript-family abstract syntax trees.
• eslint [OSS] - A fully pluggable tool for identifying and reporting on patterns in JavaScript
• Esprima [OSS] - ECMAScript parsing infrastructure for multipurpose analysis
• quality [OSS] - zero configuration code and module linting
• jshint [OSS] - detect errors and potential problems in JavaScript code and enforce your team's coding conventions
• JSLint [PROPRIETARY] - The JavaScript Code Quality Tool
• plato [OSS] - Visualize JavaScript source complexity
• yardstick [OSS] - Javascript code metrics
• XO [OSS] - Enforce strict code style. Never discuss code style on a pull request again!

Lua

• luacheck [OSS] - A tool for linting and static analysis of Lua code.

Python

• flake8 [OSS] - the modular source code checker: pep8, pyflakes and co
• jedi [OSS] - autocompletion/static analysis library for Python
• Linty fresh [OSS] - Surface lint errors during code review
• mypy [OSS] - an experimental optional static type checker for Python that aims to combine the benefits of dynamic (or "duck") typing and static typing
• prospector [OSS] - output information about errors, potential problems, convention violations and complexity in Python code
• pyflakes [OSS] - A simple program which checks Python source files for errors.
• pylint [OSS] - Looks for programming errors, helps enforcing a coding standard and sniffs for some code smells

PHP

• DesignPatternDetector [OSS] - detection of design patterns in PHP code
• GrumPHP [OSS] - checks code on every commit
• phan [OSS] - a modern static analyzer from etsy
• phpcpd [OSS] - Copy/Paste Detector (CPD) for PHP code.
• PHP_CodeSniffer [OSS] - detects violations of a defined set of coding standards
• phpdcd [OSS] - Dead Code Detector (DCD) for PHP code.
• PhpDependencyAnalysis [OSS] - builds a dependency graph for a project
• phpsa [OSS] - Static analysis tool for PHP.
• PHPMD [OSS] - finds possible bugs in your code
• PhpMetrics [OSS] - calculates code complexity metrics
• PHP Refactoring Browser [OSS] - Refactoring helper
• PHP-Token-Reflection [OSS] - Library emulating the PHP internal reflection
• PHP-Parser [OSS] - A PHP parser written in PHP
• Tulli [OSS] - A static analysis engine

R

• lintr [PROPRIETARY] - Static Code Analysis for R

Ruby

• brakeman [OSS] - A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications
• cane [OSS] - Code quality threshold checking as part of your build
• dawnscanner [OSS] - a static analysis security scanner for ruby written web applications. It supports Sinatra, Padrino and Ruby on Rails frameworks.
• flay [OSS] - Flay analyzes code for structural similarities.
• flog [OSS] - Flog reports the most tortured code in an easy to read pain report. The higher the score, the more pain the code is in.
• laser [OSS] - Static analysis and style linter for Ruby code.
• Mondrian [OSS] - a set of static analysis and refactoring tools for more abstraction
• pelusa [OSS] - Static analysis Lint-type tool to improve your OO Ruby code
• quality [OSS] - Runs quality checks on your code using community tools, and makes sure your numbers don't get any worse over time.
• reek [OSS] - Code smell detector for Ruby
• rubocop [OSS] - A Ruby static code analyzer, based on the community Ruby style guide.
• rubycritic [OSS] - A Ruby code quality reporter
• ruby-lint [OSS] - Static code analysis for Ruby
• SandyMeter [OSS] - Static analysis tool for checking Ruby code for Sandi Metz' rules.

Rust

• clippy [OSS] - a code linter to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code

Scala

• linter [OSS] - Linter is a Scala static analysis compiler plugin which adds compile-time checks for various possible bugs, inefficiencies, and style problems.
• ScalaStyle [OSS] - Scalastyle examines your Scala code and indicates potential problems with it.
• scapegoat [OSS] - Scala compiler plugin for static code analysis
• WartRemover [OSS] - a flexible Scala code linting tool.

Shell

• shellcheck [OSS] - ShellCheck, a static analysis tool that gives warnings and suggestions for bash/sh shell scripts

Swift

• SwiftLint [OSS] - A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions

Meta

Multiple languages

• Coverity Save [PROPRIETARY] - Static analysis for C/C++, Java and C#
• oclint [OSS] - A static source code analysis tool to improve quality and reduce defects for C, C++ and Objective-C
• pfff [OSS] - Facebook's tools for code analysis, visualizations, or style-preserving source transformation for many languages
• STOKE [OSS] - a programming-language agnosti stochastic optimizer for the x86_64 instruction set. It uses random search to explore the extremely high-dimensional space of all possible program transformations
• XCode [PROPRIETARY/OSS] - XCode provides a pretty decend UI for Clang's static code analyzer (C/C++, Obj-C)

Web-Services

• Codacy [PROPRIETARY] - Code Analysis to ship Better Code, Faster.
• Code Climate [PROPRIETARY] - The open and extensible static analysis platform, for everyone.
• Functor Prevent [PROPRIETARY] - Static code analysis for C code.
• Nitpick CI [PROPRIETARY] - Automated PHP code review
• QuantifiedCode [PROPRIETARY] - Automated code review & repair
• Scrutinizer [PROPRIETARY] - A proprietery code quality checker that can be integrated with GitHub

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