List of tools for static code analysis
This is a list of tools for static code analysis.
Language
Multi-language
Tool | Latest release | Free software | Duplicate code |
Supported languages | Notes |
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Apache Yetus | 2020-12-17 (0.13.0) | Yes; ASL 2 | C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Shell, XML | A collection of build and release tools. Included is the 'precommit' module that is used to execute full and partial/patch CI builds that provides static analysis of code via other tools as part of a configurable report. Built-in support may be extended with plug-ins. | |
Axivion Bauhaus Suite | No; Proprietary | Yes | Ada, C, C++, C#, Java | A static code analysis tool suite that performs various analyses such as architecture checking, interface analyses, MISRA checking, and clone detection. | |
Code Dx | No; Proprietary | Yes | C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, JSP, PHP, Python, Rails, Ruby, Scala, VB.NET, XML [1] | Software application vulnerability correlation and management system that uses multiple SAST and DAST tools, as well as the results of manual code reviews. Can calculate cyclomatic complexity. | |
CodeScene | 2021-01-01 | No; Proprietary | Yes | C, C++, C#, Java, Groovy, JavaScript, TypeScript, Objective-C, Scala, Python, Swift, Go, Visual Basic .Net, PHP, Ruby | Behavioral code analysis based on revision control data. Can analyse any codebase, and supports X-Ray (or method-level analysis). |
ConQAT (retired) | 2015-02-01 | Yes; ASL 2 | C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, ABAP, Ada | Continuous quality assessment toolkit that allows flexible configuration of quality analyses (architecture conformance, clone detection, quality metrics, etc.) and dashboards. | |
Coverity | 2021-01-23 (2020.09)[2] | No; Proprietary | C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, Javascript, node.JS, Ruby, PHP, Python | A static analysis tool. Free to use for open-source projects. | |
GrammaTech CodeSonar | 2020-06-01 (5.3) | No; Proprietary | C, C++, Objective-C, Java | Defect detection (buffer overruns, memory leaks, etc.), concurrency and security checks, architecture visualization and software metrics. | |
HCL Security AppScan Source | 2020-12-01 (10.0.3) | No; Proprietary | C, C++, .NET, Java, JSP, JavaScript, ColdFusion, ASP, PHP, Perl, Visual Basic 6, PL/SQL, Python, T-SQL, COBOL | Analyzes source code to identify security vulnerabilities while integrating security testing with software development processes and systems. | |
Facebook Infer | 2020-10-12 (1.0.0) | Yes; MIT | C, C++, Java, Objective-C | Targets null pointer problems, leaks, concurrency issues and API usage for Facebook's mobile apps. Available as open source on GitHub. | |
Imagix 4D | 2020-10-01 (10.1.0) | No; Proprietary | C, C++, Java | Windows and Linux versions. | |
Kiuwan | 2020-07-22 | No; Proprietary | C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, JSP, JavaScript, PHP, ABAP, COBOL, JCL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, SQL, Visual Basic, VB.NET, Android | Software Analytics end-to-end platform for static code analysis and automated code review. It covers defect detection, application security & IT Risk Management, with enhanced life cycle and application governance features. Support for over 20 languages. | |
Klocwork | 2020-12-01 (2020.4) | No; Proprietary | C, C++, C#, Java. | Provides security vulnerability, standards compliance (MISRA, ISO 26262 and others), defect detection and build-over-build trend analysis | |
LDRA Testbed | No; Proprietary | C, C++, Ada83, Ada95, Assembler (Intel, Freescale, Texas Instruments) | A software analysis and testing tool suite. | ||
MALPAS | No; Proprietary | Ada, C, Pascal, Assembler (Intel, PowerPC and Motorola) | A software static analysis toolset for a variety of languages. Used primarily for safety critical applications in Nuclear and Aerospace industries. | ||
Moose | 2021-01-21 (7.0.3) | Yes; MIT | C, C++, Java, Smalltalk, .NET, | Moose started as a software analysis platform with many tools to manipulate, assess or visualize software. It can evolve to a more generic data analysis platform. | |
PMD's Copy/Paste Detector (CPD) | 2021-01-30 (6.31.0) | Yes; BSD-like | Yes | C, C++, Java, JSP, ColdFusion, PHP, JavaScript | duplicate code detection (e.g.) [3] code. |
Polyspace | No; Proprietary | C, C++, and Ada | Uses abstract interpretation to detect and prove the absence of certain run time errors in source code. | ||
Pretty Diff | 2019-04-21 (101.0.0) | Yes; CC0 | No | Markup, script and style languages (like XML, Javascript, CSS) | A language-specific code comparison tool that features language-specific analysis reporting in addition to language-specific minification and beautification algorithms. |
PVS-Studio | 2020-12-17 (7.11) | No; Proprietary | No | C, C++, C++/CLI, C++/CX (Component Extensions), C#, Java | A software analysis tool. |
RIPS | 2020-02-17 (3.4) | No; Proprietary | PHP, Java, Node.js | A static code analysis solution with many integration options for the automated detection of complex security vulnerabilities. | |
Semgrep | 2021-01-26 | Yes; LGPL v2.1 | No | Go, Java, Javascript, JSON, Python, Ruby, language-agnostic mode | A static analysis tool that helps expressing code standards and surfacing bugs early. It also has experimental support for eleven other languages. A CI service and a rule library is also available. |
Sider | 2021-02-02 | No; Proprietary | Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Go | Static code analysis based automated code review tool working on GitHub and GitLab. Checks style, quality, dependencies, security and bugs. It integrates a number of open source static analysis tools. | |
SofCheck Inspector / Codepeer | 2020-08-24 (21.x) | No; Proprietary | Yes | Ada,Java | Static detection of logic errors, race conditions, and redundant code. automatically extracts pre-postconditions from code. |
SonarQube | 2021-01-27 (8.6.1) | Yes; LGPL v3.0 | ABAP, Apex, C, C#, C++, CSS, COBOL, Flex, Go, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Objective-C, PHP, PLI, PL/SQL, Python, Ruby, Scala, Swift, TSQL, TypeScript, VB.NET, Visual Basic 6, XML | A continuous inspection engine that finds vulnerabilities, bugs and code smells. Also tracks code complexity, unit test coverage and duplication. | |
SourceMeter | 2016-12-16 (8.2) | No; Proprietary | Yes | Java, C, C++, RPG IV (AS/400), Python | A platform-independent, command-line static source code analyzer. Integrates with PMD and SpotBugs. |
Sotoarc-Sotograph | 2018-12-03 (5.0) | No; Proprietary | C, C++, C#, Java, ABAP | Architecture and quality in-depth analysis and monitoring. | |
Squore | 2020-11-27 (20.1) | No; Proprietary | Ada, C, C++, C#, Fortran, Java, Javascript, Objective-C, PHP, Python, PL/SQL, Swift, T-SQL, Typescript, VB.NET, XAML | A multi-purpose and multi-language monitoring tool for software projects. It integrates with other scanners. | |
Understand | 2020-09-21 (6.0) | No; Proprietary | Ada, Cobol, Ansi C, K&R C, Ansi C++, C#, FORTRAN, Java, Jovial, Pascal, PL/M, Python, VHDL, Objective C/C++, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, XML | A multi-platform tool for code analysis and comprehension of large code bases. | |
Yasca (retired) | 2010-11-01 (2.21) | Yes | C, C++, Java, JavaScript, ASP, PHP, HTML-CSS, ColdFusion, COBOL | Yet Another Source Code Analyzer, a plugin-based framework to scan arbitrary file types, with plugins. It integrates with other scanners, including FindBugs, PMD, and Pixy. |
.NET
Tool | Latest release | Free software | Duplicate code |
Notes |
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.NET Compiler Platform (Codename Roslyn) |
Open-source compiler framework for C# and Visual Basic .NET developed by Microsoft .NET. Provides an API for analyzing and manipulating syntax. | |||
CodeIt.Right | Combines static code analysis and automatic refactoring to best practices which allows automatic correction of code errors and violations; supports C# and VB.NET. | |||
CodeRush | A plugin for Visual Studio which alerts users to violations of best practices. | |||
FxCop | Free static analysis for Microsoft .NET programs that compiles to CIL. Standalone and integrated in some Microsoft Visual Studio editions; by Microsoft. | |||
NDepend | Simplifies managing a complex .NET code base by analyzing and visualizing code dependencies, by defining design rules, by doing impact analysis, and by comparing different versions of the code. Integrates into Visual Studio. | |||
StyleCop | Analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of style and consistency rules. It can be run from inside of Microsoft Visual Studio or integrated into an MSBuild project. |
Ada
Tool | Latest release | Free software | Duplicate code |
Notes |
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AdaControl | A tool to control occurrences of various entities or programming patterns in Ada code, used for checking coding standards, enforcement of safety related rules, and support for various manual inspections. Features automatic fixing of violations. | |||
CodePeer | An advanced static analysis tool that detects potential run-time logic errors in Ada programs. | |||
Fluctuat | Abstract interpreter for the validation of numerical properties of programs. | |||
LDRA Testbed | A software analysis and testing tool suite for Ada83/95. | |||
Polyspace | Uses abstract interpretation to detect and prove the absence of certain run time errors in source code. | |||
SofCheck Inspector
(Bought by AdaCore) |
Static detection of logic errors, race conditions, and redundant code for Ada; automatically extracts pre-postconditions from code. | |||
SPARK Toolset | Verification tools for SPARK 2014 – a subset of Ada 2012 that leverages Ada's support for contracts. Designed to offer soundness, depth, modularity and efficiency of verification. |
C, C++
Tool | Latest release | Free software | Duplicate code |
Notes |
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Astrée | No; Proprietary | finds all potential runtime errors and data races by abstract interpretation, can prove their absence, and can prove functional assertions; tailored towards safety-critical C code (e.g. avionics and automotive). Includes MISRA checker. | ||
BLAST (retired) | 2015-10-30 (2.7.3) | Yes; ASL 2 | An open-source software model checker for C programs based on lazy abstraction (follow-on project is CPAchecker.[4]). | |
Clang | 2021-01-14 (11.0.1) | Yes; ASL 2 with LLVM Exceptions (v9.0.0<) | An open-source compiler that includes a static analyzer. | |
Coccinelle | 2019-09-25 (1.0.8) | Yes; GPLv2 | An open-source source code pattern matching and transformation. | |
Coverity | 2019-12-14 (2020.12)[5] | No; Proprietary | A static analysis tool for C/C++. | |
CPAchecker | Yes; ASL 2 | A tool for execution path checking of C. | ||
Cppcheck | 2020-12-05 (2.3) | Yes; GPL | No | Open-source tool that checks for several types of errors, including use of STL. MISRA support is being added. |
Cppdepend | 2021-01-01 (2021.1) | No; Proprietary | Simplifies managing a complex C/C++ code base by analyzing and visualizing code dependencies, by defining design rules, by doing impact analysis, and comparing different versions of the code. | |
cpplint | Yes; ASL 2 | An open-source tool that checks for compliance with Google's style guide for C++ coding. | ||
ECLAIR | No; Proprietary | A platform for the automatic analysis, verification, testing and transformation of C and C++ programs. | ||
Eclipse | Yes | An open-source IDE that includes a static code analyzer. | ||
Fluctuat | No; Proprietary | Abstract interpreter for the validation of numerical properties of programs. | ||
Frama-C | Yes | An open-source extensible analysis framework for C with several analyzers and a specification language common to all of them. Includes analyses based on abstract interpretation, deductive verification and runtime monitoring. | ||
Helix QAC | 2020.1 | Formerly PRQA QA·C and QA·C++, deep static analysis of C/C++ for quality assurance and guideline/coding standard enforcement with MISRA support. | ||
Infer | 2020-10-12 (1.0.0) | Yes; MIT | Developed by an engineering team at Facebook with open-source contributors. Targets null pointer and other memory problems. Available as open-source on github. | |
Lint | 1978-07-26 | Yes; Permissive BSD-like[6] | No | The original, from 1978, static code analyzer for C. |
LDRA Testbed | 2019-07-30 (v9.8.1) | A software analysis and testing tool suite for C/C++, that performs static analysis, standards enforcement (eg MISRA C/C++), dynamic analysis, unit testing and requirements traceability. | ||
Parasoft C/C++test | 10.4.2 | No; Proprietary | A C/C++ tool that does static analysis, unit testing, code review, and runtime error detection; plugins available for Visual Studio and Eclipse-based IDEs. | |
PC-Lint | No | A software analysis tool for C with partial support for C++2011. | ||
Polyspace | No | Uses abstract interpretation to detect and prove the absence of run time errors, Dead Code in source code as well as used to check all MISRA (2004, 2012) rules (directives, non directives). | ||
SLAM project | a project of Microsoft Research for checking that software satisfies critical behavioral properties of the interfaces it uses. | |||
Sparse | Yes | An open-source tool designed to find faults in the Linux kernel. | ||
SonarQube | 8.1 | No | Yes | An open-source tool which offers C/C++ support via a commercial license. Able to calculate cyclomatic complexity. |
Splint | 3.1.2 | Yes | An open-source tool statically checking C programs for security vulnerabilities and coding mistakes. | |
Visual Studio | No | An IDE that provides static code analysis for C/C++ both in the editor environment and from the compiler command line. |
IEC 61131-3
- CODESYS Static Analysis - integrated add-on for CODESYS (application code realized e.g. in ST, FBD, LD)
Java
Tool | Latest release | Free software | Duplicate code |
Notes |
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Checkstyle | 2020-01-26 | Yes; LGPL | No | Besides some static code analysis, it can be used to show violations of a configured coding standard. Duplicate code detection was removed[8] from Checkstyle. |
Coverity | 2017-01-19 | No; Proprietary | Coverity is a static analysis and Static Application Security Testing (SAST) platform that finds critical defects and security weaknesses in code as it’s written before they become vulnerabilities, crashes, or maintenance headaches. | |
Eclipse | 2017-06-28 | Yes; EPL | No | Cross-platform IDE with own set of several hundred code inspections available for analyzing code on-the-fly in the editor and bulk analysis of the whole project. Plugins for Checkstyle, FindBugs, and PMD. |
FindBugs | 2015-03-06 | Yes; LGPL | Based on Jakarta BCEL from the University of Maryland. SpotBugs is the spiritual successor of FindBugs, carrying on from the point where it left off with support of its community. | |
Infer | 2017-10-19 | Yes; BSD with additio- nal patent clause |
Developed by an engineering team at Facebook with open-source contributors. Targets null pointer exceptions, leaks, and thread safety issues. | |
IntelliJ IDEA | 2017-11-30 | Yes; ASL 2 | Yes | A leading Java IDE with built-in code inspection and analysis. Plugins for Checkstyle, FindBugs, and PMD. |
JArchitect | 2017-06-11 | No; Proprietary | Simplifies managing a complex code base by analyzing and visualizing code dependencies, defining design rules, doing impact analysis, and by comparing different versions of the code. | |
Jtest | 2019-05-21 | No; Proprietary | Yes | Testing and static code analysis product by Parasoft. |
LDRA Testbed | No; Proprietary | Analysis and testing tool suite. | ||
PMD | 2020-10-24 | Yes; BSD, ASL 2, LGPL | Yes | A static ruleset based source code analyzer that identifies potential problems. |
RIPS | 2019-01-07 | No; Proprietary | Language-specific source code analysis solution with many integration options for accurate detection of complex security and quality issues. | |
Semgrep | 2021-01-26 | Yes; LGPL v2.1 | No | A static analysis tool that helps expressing code standards and surfacing bugs early. A CI service and a rule library is also available. |
SemmleCode | No; Proprietary | Object oriented code queries for static program analysis. | ||
Soot | 2020-10-28 | Yes; LGPL | A language manipulation and optimization framework consisting of intermediate languages. | |
Squale | 2011-05-26 | Yes; LGPL | A platform to manage software quality. | |
SourceMeter | 2016-02-01 | No; Proprietary | Yes | A platform-independent, command-line static source code analyzer. |
ThreadSafe | 2014-03-28 | No; Proprietary | A static analysis tool focused on finding concurrency bugs. |
JavaScript
- ESLint – JavaScript syntax checker and formatter.
- Google's Closure Compiler – JavaScript optimizer that rewrites code to be faster and smaller, and checks use of native JavaScript functions.
- JSHint – A community driven fork of JSLint.
- JSLint – JavaScript syntax checker and validator.
- Semgrep – A static analysis tool that helps expressing code standards and surfacing bugs early. A CI service and a rule library is also available.
Objective-C, Objective-C++
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Perl
- Perl::Critic – A tool to help enforce common Perl best practices. Most best practices are based on Damian Conway's Perl Best Practices book.
- PerlTidy – Program that acts as a syntax checker and tester/enforcer for coding practices in Perl.
- Padre – An IDE for Perl that also provides static code analysis to check for common beginner errors.
PL/SQL
- TOAD – A PL/SQL development environment with a Code xPert component that reports on general code efficiency as well as specific programming issues.
- Visual Expert – A PL/SQL code analysis tool[10] that reports on programming issues and helps understand and maintain complex code (Impact Analysis, Source Code documentation, Call trees, CRUD matrix, etc.).
Python
- PyCharm – Cross-platform Python IDE with code inspections available for analyzing code on-the-fly in the editor and bulk analysis of the whole project.
- PyDev – Eclipse-based Python IDE with code analysis available on-the-fly in the editor or at save time.
- Pylint – Static code analyzer. Quite stringent; includes many stylistic warnings as well.
- Semgrep – Static code analyzer that helps expressing code standards and surfacing bugs early. A CI service and a rule library is also available.
Transact-SQL
- Visual Expert – A SQLServer code analysis tool[11] that reports on programming issues and helps understand and maintain complex code (Impact Analysis, Source Code documentation, Call trees, CRUD matrix, etc.).
Formal methods tools
Tools that use sound, i.e. over-approximating a rigorous model, formal methods approach to static analysis (e.g., using static program assertions). Sound methods contain no false negatives for bug-free programs, at least with regards to the idealized mathematical model they are based on (there is no "unconditional" soundness). Note that there is no guarantee they will report all bugs for buggy programs, they will report at least one.
- Astrée – finds all potential runtime errors by abstract interpretation, can prove the absence of runtime errors and can prove functional assertions; tailored towards safety-critical C code (e.g. avionics).
- CodePeer – Statically determines and documents pre- and post-conditions for Ada subprograms; statically checks preconditions at all call sites.
- ECLAIR – Uses formal methods-based static code analysis techniques such as abstract interpretation and model checking combined with constraint satisfaction techniques to detect or prove the absence of certain run time errors in source code.
- ESC/Java and ESC/Java2 – Based on Java Modeling Language, an enriched version of Java
- Frama-C – An open-source analysis framework for C, based on the ANSI/ISO C Specification Language (ACSL). Its main techniques include abstract interpretation, deductive verification and runtime monitoring.
- KeY – analysis platform for Java based on theorem proving with specifications in the Java Modeling Language; can generate test cases as counterexamples; stand-alone GUI or Eclipse integration
- MALPAS – A formal methods tool that uses directed graphs and regular algebra to prove that software under analysis correctly meets its mathematical specification.
- Polyspace – Uses abstract interpretation, a formal methods based technique,[12] to detect and prove the absence of certain run time errors in source code for C/C++, and Ada
- SPARK Toolset including the SPARK Examiner – Based on the SPARK language, a subset of Ada.
See also
- Automated code review
- Best Coding Practices
- Dynamic code analysis
- Software metrics
- Integrated development environment (IDE) and comparison of integrated development environments. IDEs will usually come with built-in support for static code analysis, or with an option to integrate such support. Eclipse offers such integration mechanism for most different types of extensions (plug-ins).
References
- "Supported Application Security Testing Tools and Languages". codedx.com. Retrieved Apr 25, 2017.
- "Coverity Scan website". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- "PMD - Browse /pmd/5.0.0 at SourceForge.net". Retrieved Dec 9, 2012.
- "CPAchecker". 2015-02-08.
- "SIG Customer Community". community.synopsys.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- "UNIX is free!". lemis.com. 2002-01-24.
- Lint for FortranDenis W. Haskin (May 2, 1988). "Shaking down your FORTRAN programs". Digital Review. pp. 41–47.
similar to DEC's Source Code Analyzer, .. comes into play much earlier .. before users compile their programs
- https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/523
- "Static Analysis in Xcode". Apple. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- "Visual Expert for Oracle - PL/SQL Code Analyzer". www.visual-expert.com. 2017-08-24.
- "Visual Expert for SQL Server - Transact SQL Code Analyzer". www.visual-expert.com. 2017-08-24.
- Cousot, Patrick (2007). "The Role of Abstract Interpretation in Formal Methods". Fifth IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM 2007). IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods. pp. 135–140. doi:10.1109/SEFM.2007.42. ISBN 978-0-7695-2884-7.
External links
- The Web Application Security Consortium's Static Code Analysis Tool List
- Java Static Checkers at Curlie
- SAMATE-Source Code Security Analyzers
- SATE – Static Analysis Tool Exposition
- "A Comparison of Bug Finding Tools for Java", by Nick Rutar, Christian Almazan, and Jeff Foster, University of Maryland. Compares Bandera, ESC/Java 2, FindBugs, JLint, and PMD.
- "Mini-review of Java Bug Finders", by Rick Jelliffe, O'Reilly Media.
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