NDepend Alternatives

NDepend is described as 'Visual Studio tool to manage complex .NET code and achieve high Code Quality. With NDepend, software quality can be measured using Code Metrics, visualized using Graphs and Treemaps, and enforced using standard and custom Rules' and is an app in the development category. There are eight alternatives to NDepend for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Microsoft Visual Studio, GitLab, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best NDepend alternative is ReSharper. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try CodeRush or Prepack. Other great apps like NDepend are Fxcop, Metabob, Designite and Telerik JustCode.

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  1. ReSharper icon
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    JetBrains ReSharper for Visual Studio redefines the notions of developer productivity and code editing usability as applied to .NET. It provides efficient navigation and search features, industry-leading refactorings, smart code completion, and much more.

    9 ReSharper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
     
    • ReSharper is the most popular Windows alternative to NDepend.

    • ReSharper is the most popular commercial alternative to NDepend.

    • ReSharper is Paid and ProprietaryNDepend is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. CodeRush icon
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    CodeRush, formerly Refactor! Pro, makes it easier to see what's going on with complex code, so you can move forward and spend less time wandering and wondering. Why is that expression's value different from what you expect? When did that local change?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
     
    • CodeRush is the most popular free alternative to NDepend.

    • CodeRush is Free and ProprietaryNDepend is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Prepack icon
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    Prepack is a partial evaluator for JavaScript. Prepack rewrites a JavaScript bundle, resulting in JavaScript code that executes more efficiently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Prepack is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to NDepend.

    • Prepack is the most popular Open Source alternative to NDepend.

    • Prepack is Free and Open SourceNDepend is Paid and Proprietary
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    FxCop is a tool that performs static code analysis of .NET code.

    It provides hundreds of rules that perform various types of analysis.

    Design Globalization Interoperability Maintainability Mobility Naming Performance Portability Reliability Security Usage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Metabob icon
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    Generative AI for refactoring and debugging code Metabob detects, explains, and fixes coding problems created by humans and AI

    Metabob utilizes proprietary graph neural networks to detect problems and LLMs to explain and resolve them - combining the best of both worlds.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Bitbucket
    • GitHub
    • GitLab
     
    • Metabob is the most popular Web-based alternative to NDepend.

    • Metabob is Freemium and ProprietaryNDepend is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Designite icon
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    A software design quality assessment tool that identifies architecture, design, and implementation smells in your code to reduce technical debt and improve maintainability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    JustCode is a Visual Studio extension that offers instant .NET code error check and analysis, 30+ refactorings, code generation, code cleaning, quick hints and much more. JustCode seamlessly completes Visual Studio, without being obtrusive or interrupting the natural work-flow.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
     
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    TestDriven.Net makes it easy to run unit tests with a single click, anywhere in your Visual Studio solutions. It supports all versions of Microsoft Visual Studio and it integrates with the best .NET development tools.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
     
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