Coverity Scan Alternatives

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   SonarQube

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   SonarQube is an open source quality management platform, dedicated to continuously analyze and measure source code quality, from the portfolio to the method. Static code analysis is available in the "Community Edition" (free / open source) for:

   28 SonarQube alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium (Subscription)
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • Switzerland

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   

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   • SonarQube is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Coverity Scan.

   • SonarQube is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Coverity Scan.

   • SonarQube is Freemium and Open SourceCoverity Scan is Freemium and Proprietary
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   Shellcheck

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   A simple tool for finding bugs in shell scripts.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • Norway

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Visual Studio Code
   • Vim
   • Sublime Text
   • GNU Emacs
   • Atom

   

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   Cppcheck

    23 likes

   Cppcheck is an static analysis tool for C/C++ code. Unlike C/C++ compilers and many other analysis tools it does not detect syntax errors in the code. Cppcheck primarily detects the types of bugs that the compilers normally do not detect.

   17 Cppcheck alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • PortableApps.com
   • Eclipse

   

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   Axivion Suite

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   Axivion Suite includes static code analysis, architecture analysis and tools to identify technical debt to keep sw projects maintainable.

   Cost / License

   • Pay once or Subscription
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Finland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   • Axivion Suite is the most popular commercial alternative to Coverity Scan.

   • Axivion Suite is Paid and ProprietaryCoverity Scan is Freemium and Proprietary
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   PVS-Studio

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   PVS-Studio is a static analyzer that detects errors in source code of C, C++ and C# applications. The PVS-Studio tool is intended for developers of contemporary applications and it integrates into the Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010/2012/2013 environment.

   Cost / License

   • Subscription
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Russia

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • MinGW
   • Microsoft Visual Studio
   • clang

   

   

   

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   Flawfinder

    3 likes

   Flawfinder examines C/C++ source code and reports possible security weaknesses ("flaws'') sorted by risk level. It's very useful for quickly finding and removing at least some potential security problems before a program is widely released to the public.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

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9. Splint

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   Splint is a tool for statically checking C programs for security vulnerabilities and coding mistakes. With minimal effort, Splint can be used as a better lint. If additional effort is invested adding annotations to programs, Splint can perform stronger checking than can be done...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

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10. Clang Static Analyzer

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    The Clang Static Analyzer is a source code analysis tool that finds bugs in C, C++, and Objective-C programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Xcode

    

    

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    Infer

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    Facebook Infer is a static analysis tool - if you give Infer some Objective-C, Java, or C code, it produces a list of potential bugs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Linux

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12. EDoC++

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    EDoC++ is a C++ source analysis tool designed to identify problems associated with the use of exceptions in C++ code. Additionally EDoC++ can be used to generate detailed documentation

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

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    Parasoft C/C++test

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    Parasoft’s C/C++test is the fully-integrated software testing solution for embedded safety-critical industries. Its automated software testing capabilities are also made for today’s high-velocity Agile DevOps environments.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

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    Semgrep

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    Semgrep is a fast, open-source, static analysis tool that excels at expressing code standards — without complicated queries — and surfacing bugs early at editor, commit, and CI time. Precise rules look like the code you’re searching; no more traversing abstract syntax trees or...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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