List of tools for static code analysis

Language

Multi-language

.NET">.NET Framework">.NET

Ada">Ada (programming language)">Ada

C">C (programming language)">C, [C++]

[IEC 61131-3]

• CODESYS Static Analysis - integrated add-on for CODESYS

  Java">Java (programming language)">Java

[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.

  [Objective-C], Objective-C++

• Clang The free Clang project includes a static analyzer. As of version 3.2, this analyzer is included in Xcode.
• Infer Developed by an engineering team at Facebook with open-source contributors. Targets null pointers, leaks, API usage and other lint checks. Available as open source on github.
• GrammaTech CodeSonar A static program analysis tool for C,C++, Objective-C..., see above.

  Opa

• Opa includes its own static analyzer. As the language is intended for web application development, the strongly statically typed compiler checks the validity of high-level types for web data, and prevents by default many vulnerabilities such as XSS attacks and database code injections.

  Packaging">Package management system">Packaging

• Lintian Checks Debian software packages for common inconsistencies and errors.
• Rpmlint Checks for common problems in rpm packages.

  [Perl]

• 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 that reports on programming issues and helps understand and maintain complex code.

  Python">Python (programming language)">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.

  [Transact-SQL]

• Visual Expert A SQLServer code analysis tool that reports on programming issues and helps understand and maintain complex code.

  Formal methods tools

• 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.
• 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. 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, 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.