Splint Alternatives

Splint is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are eight alternatives to Splint for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Splint alternative is Shellcheck, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Splint are Cppcheck, Coverity Scan, Flawfinder and EDoC++.

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Splint is a tool for statically checking C programs for security vulnerabilities and coding mistakes. With minimal effort,...

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Splint alternatives page was last updated May 15, 2022
  1. Shellcheck icon
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    A simple tool for finding bugs in shell scripts.

    15 Shellcheck alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

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

    Shellcheck Features

    1.  Static Code Analysis
    2.  Security Testing
    3.  Metrics
    4.  Coding
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    Shellcheck VS Splint

    Is Shellcheck a good alternative to Splint?
     
    • Shellcheck is the most popular Web-based alternative to Splint.

    • Shellcheck is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Splint.

    • Shellcheck is Free and Open SourceSplint is also Free and Open Source
  2. Cppcheck icon
     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.

    15 Cppcheck alternatives
    Cppcheck screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Eclipse

    Cppcheck Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  C++
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    Cppcheck VS Splint

    Is Cppcheck a good alternative to Splint?
     
    • Cppcheck is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Splint.

    • Cppcheck is Free and Open SourceSplint is also Free and Open Source
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    Coverity Scan Static Analysis allows to find and fix defects in your Java, C/C++ or C# open source project for free.

    15 Coverity Scan alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD

    Coverity Scan Features

    1.  Debugging
    2.  C++
    3.  Static Code Analysis

    Coverity Scan VS Splint

    Is Coverity Scan a good alternative to Splint?
     
    • Coverity Scan is the most popular Mac alternative to Splint.

    • Coverity Scan is Freemium and ProprietarySplint is Free and Open Source
  4. Flawfinder icon
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    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.

    11 Flawfinder alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Flawfinder Features

    1.  C++
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    Flawfinder VS Splint

    Is Flawfinder a good alternative to Splint?
     
    Comments about Flawfinder as an Alternative to Splint
     
    Guest

    Is actively maintained and really fast. Works out of the box without configuration.

    Positive commentSep 22, 2017
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    • Flawfinder is Free and Open SourceSplint is also Free and Open Source
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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

    17 EDoC++ alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EDoC++ Features

    1.  C++

    EDoC++ VS Splint

    Is EDoC++ a good alternative to Splint?
     
  6. Parasoft C/C++test icon
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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.

    17 Parasoft C/C++test alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Parasoft C/C++test Features

    1.  Ide integration
    2.  Automated code review
    3.  Security Testing
    4.  Static Code Analysis
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    Parasoft C/C++test VS Splint

    Is Parasoft C/C++test a good alternative to Splint?
     
    • Parasoft C/C++test is the most popular commercial alternative to Splint.

    • Parasoft C/C++test is Paid and ProprietarySplint is Free and Open Source
  7. Infer icon
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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.

    11 Infer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Infer Features

    1.  Debugging
    2.  Static analysis
    3.  Static Code Analysis
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    Infer VS Splint

    Is Infer a good alternative to Splint?
     
  8. VisualCodeGrepper icon
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    VCG is an automated code security review tool that handles C/C++, Java, C#, VB and PL/SQL. It has a few features that should hopefully make it useful to anyone conducting code security reviews, particularly where time is at a premium:

    14 VisualCodeGrepper alternatives
    VisualCodeGrepper screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    VisualCodeGrepper Features

    1.  C++
    2.  C-sharp
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    VisualCodeGrepper VS Splint

    Is VisualCodeGrepper a good alternative to Splint?
     
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