List of tools for static code analysis

This is a list of significant tools for static code analysis.

Historical products

* Lint — the original static code analyzer of C code.

Open-source or Noncommercial products

.NET (C#, VB.NET and all .NET compatible languages)

* [http://www.codeplex.com/reflectoraddins/Wiki/View.aspx?title=CodeMetrics&referringTitle=Home Reflector.CodeMetrics] — (an add-in for the essential .NET_Reflector)
* [http://www.serviceframework.com/jwss/utility,ccmetrics,utility.aspx CCMetrics]
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/crplugin/ CRPlugin] (plugin for [http://www.devexpress.com/Downloads/NET/DXCore/ DxCore] )
* FxCop — Free static analysis for Microsoft .NET programs that compile to CIL. Standalone and integrated in some Microsoft Visual Studio editions. From Microsoft.
* [http://www.campwoodsw.com/sm20.html Source Monitor]
* [http://www.1bot.com/ vil]
* [http://www.mono-project.com/Gendarme Gendarme] - A Free static analysis tool from the Mono project

Java

* [http://bandera.projects.cis.ksu.edu/ Bandera] — analyzer for Java
* [http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/ Checkstyle] — analyze Java and apply coding standard
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/classycle/ Classycle] — analyze Java class cycles and class and package dependencies (Layers)
* FindBugs — an open-source static bytecode analyzer for Java (based on Jakarta BCEL).
* [http://jlint.sourceforge.net/ Jlint] — for Java
* PMD (software) — a static ruleset based Java source code analyzer that identifies potential problems.
* [http://people.clarkson.edu/~dhou/projects/SCL/ SCL] — A Java program analysis tool that is programmable with SCL (Structural Constraint Language).
* [http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/soot/ Soot] — A Java program analysis and compiler optimization framework
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/hammurapi/ Hammurapi] — Customizable static code analysis tool for java (based on coding standards) that can also generate metrics report
* [http://www.ucdetector.org/ UCDetector] — Unnecessary Code Detector: Eclipse PlugIn to find unnecessary (dead) public java code
* [http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/sa4j sa4j] - structural dependencies analyzes, measures stability, detects structural "anti-patterns", impact analysis on dependencies, and more.

C

* [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jfoster/cqual/ CQual] — A tool for adding type qualifiers in C.
* [http://sourcenav.sourceforge.net/ SNav] — Red Hat Source Navigator.
* Sparse — a tool designed to find faults in the Linux kernel.
* Splint — an open source evolved version of Lint (C language).
* [http://frama-c.cea.fr Frama-C] — Frama-C is a suite of tools dedicated to the analysis of the source code of software written in C.
* [http://www.astree.ens.fr Astrée] - A tool for proving the absence of runtime errors (overflows, failed assertions, etc.), taylored to critical embedded control code (was applied to Airbus A340 and A380 avionics code)
* [http://deputy.cs.berkeley.edu/ Deputy] - Deputy is a C compiler that is capable of preventing common C programming errors, including out-of-bounds memory accesses as well as many other common type-safety errors.
* [http://manju.cs.berkeley.edu/ccured/ CCured] - CCured is a source-to-source translator for C. It analyzes the C program to determine the smallest number of run-time checks that must be inserted in the program to prevent all memory safety violations.
* [http://www.fortify.com/security-resources/rats.jsp RATS] - RATS is a tool for scanning C, C++, Perl, PHP and Python source code and flagging common security related programming errors such as buffer overflows and TOCTOU (Time Of Check, Time Of Use) race conditions.
* [http://clang.llvm.org/StaticAnalysis.html LLVM/Clang Static Analyzer] - standalone tool that find bugs in C and Objective-C programs.
* [http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/mops/ MOPS] - MOPS is a tool for finding security bugs in C programs and for verifying conformance to rules of defensive programming.
* [http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/boon/ BOON] - BOON is a tool for automatically finding buffer overrun vulnerabilities in C source code.
* [http://mtc.epfl.ch/software-tools/blast/ BLAST] - BLAST is a software model checker for C programs.

C++

* [http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder/ Flawfinder] — open source programming tool that examines C or C++ source code for security weaknesses.
* [http://www.cubewano.org/oink Oink] — collaboration of C++ static analysis tools, based on the research of CQual [http://www.cubewano.org/oink/wiki/WikiStart#Historyandpreviouswork]
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Dehydra_GCC Dehydra] - A scriptable static analysis tool based on GCC. Developed by Mozilla.
* [http://edoc.sourceforge.net/index.html EDoc++] - Examines C++ code to identify problems with C++ exception propagation and usage.
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppcheck/ c++check] - Checks C/C++ code for simple mistakes.

Fortran

* [http://www.dsm.fordham.edu/~ftnchek/ ftnchek] — static analyzer for Fortran 77 programs
* [http://g95-xml.sourceforge.net/ g95-xml] — code parser toolkit for Fortran 95

JavaScript

* [http://www.jslint.com/ JsLint] - online analyzer for JavaScript

Perl

* [http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perl-Critic Perl::Critic] - a static code analysis tool for Perl
* [http://www.fortify.com/security-resources/rats.jsp RATS] - RATS is a tool for scanning C, C++, Perl, PHP and Python source code and flagging common security related programming errors such as buffer overflows and TOCTOU (Time Of Check, Time Of Use) race conditions.
* [http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perl-Metrics-Simple/bin/countperl countperl] command from Perl::Metrics::Simple module - code metrics include Cyclomatic complexity
* [http://search.cpan.org/~rgarcia/perl-5.10.0/ext/B/B/Xref.pm B::Xref] module is used to generate a cross reference listing of all definitions and uses of variables, subroutines and formats in a Perl program.
* [http://search.cpan.org/~kstar/B-Fathom-0.07/Fathom.pm B::Fathom] - a module to evaluate the readability of Perl code
* [http://perltidy.sourceforge.net/ perltidy] - script which indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read

PHP

* [http://pixybox.seclab.tuwien.ac.at/pixy/ Pixy] — a PHP 4 source code scanner for detection of XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities.
* [http://code.google.com/p/smarty-lint/ smarty-lint] - a lint implementation for the popular templating engine, Smarty.

Python

* [http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/ PyChecker] - The original static code analyser for Python.
* [http://www.logilab.org/project/pylint pylint] - A static code analyser for Python. Works as a plugin to PyDev for the Eclipse IDE.
* [http://divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodPyflakes Pyflakes] - A lint-like tool for Python, whose primary advantage is being faster than PyChecker

Visual Basic

* [http://www.mztools.com/index.aspx/ MZTools] - MZTools 3.0 - Free Static Code Analysis & productivity enhancement tool for VB6, & VBA.

Multiple languages

* RATS — Rough Auditing Tool for Security, which can scan C, C++, Perl, PHP and Python source code.
* Yasca - Yet Another Source Code Analyzer, a plugin-based framework for scanning arbitrary file types, with plugins for scanning C, C++, Java, and JavaScript. Integrates FindBugs, [http://artho.com/jlint/ Jlint] , and PMD.

Commercial products

.NET

Products covering multiple .NET languages.
* [http://www.checkmarx.com CHECKMARX] [http://www.checkmarx.com/cx-suite.aspx CxSuite] - a Source Code Analysis suite of products allowing developers and auditors identify software security vulnerabilities.
* Compuware DevPartner - static code analyzer for .NET (C#, ASP.NET) with Visual Studio 2005 integration
* [http://www.knowdotnet.com/articles/complexityanalyzer.html Complexity Analyzer] - for .NET
* ReSharper - Add-on for Visual Studio 2003/2005 from the creators of IntelliJ IDEA, which also provides static code analysis for C#.
* [http://submain.com/codeit.right CodeIt.Right] - combines Static Code Analysis and automatic Refactoring to best practices in one product. CodeIt.Right will automatically correct code errors and violations. C# and VB.NET

C#

* [http://www.clocksharp.com ClockSharp] - checks C# code against the [http://www.tiobe.com/standards/gemrcsharpcs.pdf Philips C# coding standard] .
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/sourceanalysis/ StyleCop] - Free source code style and consistency tool for C#, integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio.
* NStatic - deep static analysis of C# code.

C/C++

* [http://www.checkmarx.com CHECKMARX] [http://www.checkmarx.com/cx-suite.aspx CxSuite] - a Source Code Analysis suite of products allowing developers and auditors identify software security vulnerabilities.
* [http://www.spa-arrow.com/english/main.asp Static Analysis tool SPARROW] A state-of-the-art Static Analysis tool (2008)
* [http://www.testwell.fi/cmtdesc.html CMT++] code metrics tool for C/C++ (also for [http://www.testwell.fi/cmtjdesc.html Java] ).
* Gimpel Software [http://www.gimpel.com/html/lintinfo.htm FlexeLint and PC-Lint] - Multi-platform static code analysis tools for C and C++ code.
* Green Hills Software DoubleCheck - static analysis for C and C++ code.
* HP Code Advisor - A static analysis tool for C and C++ programs
* LDRA Testbed - A software analysis and testing tool suite for C & C++.
* Microsoft Visual Studio - Visual Studio Team System includes a static code analyzer.
* [http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/tools/PREfast_steps.mspx PREfast] – A Microsoft tool which identifies defects in C/C++ source code.
* QA-C - deep static analysis of C for quality assurance and guideline enforcement.
* QA-C++ - deep static analysis of C++ for quality assurance and guideline enforcement.
* Viva64 — analyzes C, C++ code for detect 64-bit portability issues.
* [http://www.abxsoft.com/codchk.htm ABRAXAS Software codeCheck] — programmable C/C++ Standards Checking Tool .

Java

* [http://www.checkmarx.com CHECKMARX] [http://www.checkmarx.com/cx-suite.aspx CxSuite] - a Source Code Analysis suite of products allowing developers and auditors identify software security vulnerabilities.
* checKing - monitors the quality of software development process, including violations of coding rules for Java, JSP, Javascript, XML and HTML.
* [http://www.instantiations.com/codepro/analytix/about.html CodePro Analytix] - Static code analysis for Java, integrated with Eclipse.
* [http://www.enerjy.com Enerjy Software] - Metrics expert system and extendable static code analyzer Eclipse plugin for Java - compares code quality against Open Source projects
* [http://www.hello2morrow.com/en/sonarj/sonarj.php SonarJ] - Architecture management solution for Java, comes with Eclipse-Plugin
* IntelliJ IDEA — IDE for Java that also provides static code analysis.
* [http://www.qavalidator.com/qavalidator/ QAValidator] - Checking Java code against a defined software architecture
* [http://stan4j.com STAN] — Structure Analysis for Java. Eclipse integrated visual dependency analysis, quality metrics and reporting.
* Swat4j — a model based, goal oriented source code auditing tool for Java. Comes as an Eclipse plug-in.
* [http://www.stackframe.com/TorqueWrench/ TorqueWrench] - A static Java bytecode analysis tool by [http://www.stackframe.com/ StackFrame, LLC] .
* [http://www.coverity.com/html/coverity-readiness-manager-java.html Coverity Software Readiness Manager for Java ] - tool of Coverity checks code quality, risk, code coverage, complexity, architectural integrity, and more

Visual Basic 6

* [http://www.aivosto.com/project/project.html Aivosto Oy's] - Project Analyzer - Static code analysis tool for VBA, and VB6/VB.net
* [http://www.mztools.com/index.aspx/ MZTools] - MZTools 6.0 - Static Code Analysis & productivity enhancement tool for VB.net, VB6, & VBA.

Fortran

* [http://www.codework.com/forcheck/product.html ForCheck] — analyzes of FORTRAN 66, FORTRAN 77, FORTRAN 90, HPF, FORTRAN 95

QL

* [http://www.ubitsoft.com/products/sqlenlight/sqlenlight.php SQL Enlight] - Provides static code analysis for Transact-SQL and is impelmented as an add-on for Visual Studio 2005/2008 and SQL Server Management Studio 2005/2008.

cripting languages

* Parasoft [http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/solutions/soa_solution.jsp?itemId=319 SOA Quality Solutions] Static analysis for SOA and RIA (WSDL, WS-*, XML, JavaScript, HTML, Accessibility/Section 508, etc.).
* [http://www.syhunt.com/sandcat4php Sandcat for PHP] - Static source code analysis and hardening tool for PHP

Multi-language

* [http://www.checkmarx.com CHECKMARX] - [http://www.checkmarx.com/cx-suite.aspx CxSuite] - a suite of software which helps developers and auditors identify software security vulnerabilities.
* [http://www.armorize.com Armorize Technologies] CodeSecure - source code scanning (PHP, J2EE, ASP, etc.)
* Axivion Bauhaus Suite — a tool for C, C++, Java and Ada code that comprises various analyses such as architecture checking, interface analyses, and clone detection.
* [http://www.castsoftware.com/Product/AIP.aspx CAST] — provides a tool with 25+ language / product analyzers, defect detection as well as architectural and build-over-build trend analysis.
* [http://www.compuware.com/products/xpediter/1997_ENG_HTML.htm Xpediter/DevEnterprise from Compuware] — COBOL and PL/I analysis at system and program level. Uses the source code as input and provides graphical representations and tabulated output. Delivers impact analysis capabilities based on specific program variables.
* Coverity Prevent — analyzes C, C++ and Java code.
* DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit — supports custom analysis of C, C++, Java, COBOL, and many other languages.
* Fortify — helps developers identify software security vulnerabilities in C/C++, .NET, Java, JSP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, "Classic" ASP, PHP, VB6, VBScript, JavaScript, PL/SQL, T-SQL and COBOL as well as configuration files.
* [http://www.grammatech.com/products/ GrammaTech] - GrammaTech offers products for analyzing code written in C/C++ (CodeSurfer and CodeSonar) and Ada (Ada-ASSURED and Ada-Utilities)
* Klocwork Insight and Klocwork Developer for Java — provides security vulnerability and defect detection as well as architectural and build-over-build trend analysis for C, C++ and Java
* Lattix, Inc. LDM - Architecture and dependency analysis tool for Ada, C/C++, Java, .NET software systems.
* LDRA Testbed - A software analysis and testing tool suite for C, C++, Ada83, Ada95 and Assembler (Intel, Freescale, Texas Instruments).
* [http://msquaredtechnologies.com M Squared Technologies] Resource Standard Metrics - source code analysis and metrics (C, Ansi C, C++, Ansi C++, C#, Java, Javascript, etc.)
* [http://www.metrixware.com Metrixware] Code & Architecture quality analysis & dashboards (Java, Cobol, JSP, Javascript, Pacbase, C#, SAP/Abap, etc.)
* [http://www.optimyth.com Optimyth Software] Own analyzers for Policy Enforcement, Dependency Mappings and Metrics Calculation for multiple languajes, such us Cobol, SAP ABAP IV, Java, HTML, JSP, XML, PL/SQL, C#, among others. Repository and Web Dashboards based on ISO 9126 with connectors to the main tools (open and commercial) used to develop and test applications.
* Ounce Labs — automated source code analysis that enables organizations to identify and eliminate software security vulnerabilities in languages including Java, JSP, C/C++, C#, ASP.NET, and VB.Net.
* Parasoft [http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/solutions/application_security_solution.jsp?itemId=322 Application Security Solutions] - Static analysis for detection and remeditation of security vulnerabilities in Java, C/C++, and .NET. OWASP and PCI DSS 6 support, as well as policy enforcement. Integrated with Eclipse and Visual Studio.
* Parasoft [http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/solutions/application_security_solution.jsp?itemId=322 Application Development Quality Solutions- Java, C/C++, .NET] - Static analysis for Java (including JSP, XML configuration files and property files), C/C++ (including JSF and MISRA), and .Net (IL, C#, VB.NET). Integrated with Eclipse and Visual Studio.
* PolySpace code verifiers by [http://www.mathworks.com/products/polyspace/index.html?s_cid=HP_FP_PS_PolySpace The MathWorks] - Software verification for C, C++ and Ada
* [http://www.metrixware.com Metrixware System Code] - Static code analyzer and quality dashboard for C, C++, C#, Java, JSP, PHP and JavaScript.
* SofCheck Inspector — provides static detection of logic errors, race conditions, and redundant code for Java and Ada.
* Sotoarc/Sotograph - Architecture and quality in-depth analysis and monitoring for Java, C#, C and C++
* [http://www.telelogic.com/ Telelogic Logiscope] RuleChecker (coding standards checking) and Audit (metrics measurement and ISO 9126-based quality modeling) for C, C++, Ada, Java.
* Understand — analyzes C,C++, Java, Ada, Fortran, Jovial, Delphi — reverse engineering of source, code navigation, and metrics tool.
* [http://www.veracode.com Veracode SecurityReview] — an on-demand application security testing and remediation, C, C++, Java, .Net and other languages.

Uncategorized

* [http://www.anticipatingminds.com/Content/products/devMetrics/devMetrics.aspx DevMetrics] — commercial
* [https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&cp=1-11-201-200%5E9564_4000_100__ HP DevInspect] - simplifies security during development by automatically finding and fixing application vulnerabilities in ASP.NET and Java based web applications.
* [http://smacchia.chez.tiscali.fr/NDepend.html NDepend] — A comprehensive analysis and reporting tool.
* [http://www.automationsquare.com/plc-checker.html PLC Checker] — A coding rules verification tools for PLC programs.
* [http://www.reasoning.com Reasoning, Inc.] offers a defect-finding service using an internal tool, which found defects in Apache Tomcat missed by an earlier version of FindBugs. [“Finding More Null Pointer Bugs, But Not Too Many,” David Hovemeyer & William Pugh, http://findbugs.cs.umd.edu/papers/MoreNullPointerBugs07.pdf]
* SemmleCode — object oriented code queries for static program analysis.
* Structure101 - For understanding, analyzing, measuring and controlling the quality of your Software Architecture as it evolves over time.
* [http://www.headwaysoftware.com/products/structure101/g/index.php Structure101g] - A generic version of Structure101 - build your own flavor to support any programming language or dependency data.

Formal methods tools

Tools that use a formal methods approach to static analysis (e.g., using program assertions):

* ESC/Java and ESC/Java2 — based on Java Modeling Language, an enriched version of Java.
* SofCheck Inspector - statically determines and documents pre- and postconditions for Java methods; statically checks preconditions at all call sites; also supports Ada.
* SPARK Toolset including the SPARK Examiner — based on the SPARK programming language, a subset of Ada.
* [http://sdg.csail.mit.edu/forge Forge] - bounded verification of Java programs against specification in the Java Modeling Language.

External links

* [http://www.spinroot.com/static/ List of static source code analysis tools for C]
* [http://samate.nist.gov/index.php/Tools SAMATE-Wiki tool survey]
* [http://samate.nist.gov/index.php/Source_Code_Security_Analyzers SAMATE-Source Code Security Analyzers]
* [http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-viewcatlink-cid-14-orderby-rating.html List of Java static code analysis plugins for Eclipse]
* [http://cwe.mitre.org/ Common Weakness Enumeration] — a community-developed dictionary of common software weaknesses (that are potentially identifiable by static code analysis tools)
* [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jfoster/papers/issre04.pdf “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.
* [http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2004/03/minireview_of_java_bug_finders.html “Mini-review of Java Bug Finders”] , by Rick Jelliffe, O'Reilly Media.

ee also

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nickj/List_of_tools_for_static_code_analysis Older, more-complete version of this page]
*List of code quality management dashboards

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