The Best Apex Static Analysis Tools (Linters/Formatters)
We rank 14 Apex linters, code analyzers, formatters, and more. Find and compare tools like Mega-Linter, DerScanner, PMD, and more. Please rate and review tools that you've used. This helps others find the best tools for their projects.
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Mega-Linter
Mega-Linter can handle any type of project thanks to its 70+ embedded Linters, its advanced reporting, runnable on any CI system or locally, with assisted installation and configuration, able to apply formatting and fixes
Clayton
AI-powered code reviews for Salesforce. Secure your developments, enforce best practice and control your technical debt in real-time.
CodeScan
Code Quality and Security for Salesforce Developers. Made exclusively for the Salesforce platform, CodeScan’s code analysis solutions provide you with total visibility into your code health.
SonarQube Server
SonarQube empowers development teams with a code quality and security solution that deeply integrates into your enterprise environment; enabling you to deploy clean code consistently and reliably. SonarQube provides a free and open source Community Build.
Betterscan CE
Checks your code and infra (various Git repositories supported, cloud stacks, CLI, Web Interface platform, integrationss available) for security and quality issues. Code Scanning/SAST/Linting using many tools/Scanners deduplicated with One Report (AI optional).
StaticReviewer
Static Reviewer executes code checks according to the most relevant Secure Coding Standards, OWASP, CWE, CVE, CVSS, MISRA, CERT, for 40+ programming languages, using 1000+ built-in validation rules for Security, Deadcode & Best Practices Available a module for Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to find vulnerabilities in open source and third party libraries.
Fortify
A commercial static analysis platform that supports the scanning of C/C++, C#, VB.NET, VB6, ABAP/BSP, ActionScript, Apex, ASP.NET, Classic ASP, VB Script, Cobol, ColdFusion, HTML, Java, JS, JSP, MXML/Flex, Objective-C, PHP, PL/SQL, T-SQL, Python (2.6, 2.7), Ruby (1.9.3), Swift, Scala, VB, and XML.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are Apex tools?
Apex is a strongly typed, object-oriented, multitenant-aware programming language that allows developers to execute flow and transaction control statements on the Salesforce Platform. Apex code runs on the Force.com platform, a cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS) developed by Salesforce.com. Apex is used to develop triggers, batch Apex, and Visualforce pages.
What are the best Apex static analysis tools and linters?
The most popular Apex tools ranked by user votes are: Mega-Linter, DerScanner, PMD, Codacy, Checkmarx CxSAST.
Which Apex tools are free to use?
Tools with a free plan include Codiga. On top of that, there are also a number of open source like Mega-Linter, PMD, SonarQube Server, Betterscan CE, ShiftLeft Scan.