Best 87 Java static analysis tools

Static and dynamic analysis tool supporting more than 25 languages and direct IDE integration. Free hosting for Open Source projects available on request. Free academic licenses available.

SonarQube is an open platform to manage code quality.

Checks Java source and byte code for incorrect uses of cryptographic APIs.

Free, open-source lightweight static analysis for many languages. Find and block bug variants with patterns that look like source code.

Synopsys Coverity supports 20 languages and over 70 frameworks including Ruby on rails, Scala, PHP, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Fortran, C, C++, C#, VB.NET.

Better Code Hub checks your GitHub codebase against 10 engineering guidelines devised by the authority in software quality, Software Improvement Group.

A ([conditionally free](https://www.viva64.com/en/b/0614/) for FOSS and individual developers) static analysis of C, C++, C# and Java code. For advertising purposes [you can propose a large FOSS project for analysis by PVS employees](https://github.com/viva64/pvs-studio-check-list). Supports CWE mapping, MISRA and CERT coding standards.

DeepCode finds bugs, security vulnerabilities, performance and API issues based on AI. DeepCode's speed of analysis allow us to analyse your code in real time and deliver results when you hit the save button in your IDE. Supported languages are Java, C/C++, JavaScript, Python, and TypeScript. Integrations with GitHub, BitBucket and Gitlab.

A static analyzer for Java, C and Objective-C

Unit test your Java or Kotlin architecture.

A open source Static Application Security Testing tool (SAST) written in GoLang for Java (Maven and Android), Kotlin (Android), Swift (iOS), .NET Full Framework, C# and Javascript (Node.js).

Checking Java source code for adherence to a Code Standard or set of validation rules (best practices).

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.

Pluggable type-checking for Java.

CodeScene is a quality visualization tool for software. Prioritize technical debt, detect delivery risks, and measure organizational aspects. Fully automated.

Quality and Security Static analysis for C/C++, Java and C#.

A source code analyzer for Java, Salesforce Apex, Javascript, PLSQL, XML, XSL and others.

A framework for analyzing and transforming Java and Android applications.

Commercial Static Code Analysis.

Beautify HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, C, C++, C#, Objective-C, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Coldfusion, SQL, and more in Atom editor.

Code Analysis to ship Better Code, Faster.

The SpotBugs plugin for security audits of Java web applications and Android applications. (Also work with Kotlin, Groovy and Scala projects)

Find security vulnerabilities, variants, and critical code quality issues using queries over source code. Automatic PR code review; free for public GitHub/Bitbucket repo: [LGTM.com](https://LGTM.com).

SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.

Tracks down error-prone code locations, style violations, cloned or dead code, cyclic dependencies and more for C/C++, C#/.NET, Java and Ada 83/Ada 95.

Catch common Java mistakes as compile-time errors.

A plugin for FindBugs with additional bug detectors.

Google Style Reformat.

Type-based null-pointer checker with low build-time overhead; an [Error Prone](http://errorprone.info/) plugin.

A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

Scan is a free open-source DevSecOps platform for detecting security issues in source code and dependencies. It supports a broad range of languages and CI/CD pipelines.

Vulnerability scanner for dependencies of node.js apps (free for Open Source Projects).

Universal code beautifier with a GitHub app. Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, Vue, C++, Go, Objective-C, Java, Python, PHP, GraphQL, Markdown, and more.

Xanitizer finds security vulnerabilities in web applications. It supports Java, Scala, JavaScript and TypeScript.

Based on IntelliJ IDEA, and comes bundled with tools for Android including Android Lint.

Static analysis for C/C++/C#, PHP and Java.

Commercial Static Code Analysis which generates exploits to verify vulnerabilities.

Creates reports of over 400 rule patterns for feature detection (e.g. the use of cryptography or version control in apps).

Calculates Chidamber and Kemerer object-oriented metrics by processing the source Java files.

Calculates Chidamber and Kemerer object-oriented metrics by processing the bytecode of compiled Java files.

A classpath and module path scanner for querying or visualizing class metadata or class relatedness.

Language independent framework for creating code analysis - supports [over 60 languages](https://coala.io/languages) by default.

Code quality and technical debt management platform that supports 10+ languages.

Automated code review tool integrates with GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab (even self-hosted). Available for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, PHP, Java, Docker, and more. (open-source free)

Provides a unified interface to sort and act on the issues it finds.

Automated Code Analysis for repos on GitHub or BitBucket.

Automated code analysis tool to deal with technical depth. Integrates with Bitbucket and Gitlab. (free for Open Source Projects)

Automated SAST code reviews driven by security, supports 15+ languages and includes security training.

Analyses the comprehensive dependencies of code elements for Java, C/C++, Ruby.

DesigniteJava supports detection of various architecture, design, and implementation smells along with computation of various code quality metrics.

Regex-based static analysis tool for Visual Studio, VS Code, and Sublime Text - C/C++, C#, PHP, ASP, Python, Ruby, Java, and others.

Detects and forbids invocations of specific method/class/field (like reading from a text stream without a charset). Maven/Gradle/Ant compatible.

Regexp based customizable linter.

Grep rough audit - source code auditing tool.

Comes bundled with a lot of inspections for Java and Kotlin and includes tools for refactoring, formatting and more.

Measure, query and visualize your code and avoid unexpected issues, technical debt and complexity.

Bounded model-checker for Java (bytecode), verifies user-defined assertions, standard assertions, several coverage metric analyses.

Deep code analysis for GitHub and Bitbucket to find security vulnerabilities and critical code quality issues (using Semmle QL). Automatic code review for pull requests; free for public repositories.

Benchmark against thousands of projects, and analyse code for structural quality with focus on maintainability.

Checks dependencies for known, publicly disclosed, vulnerabilities.

Quick automated code review of your changes. Supports more than 40 runners for various languages, including Clang, Elixir, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby and more.

Combines a few (pre-configured) static analysis tools (checkstyle, PMD, Findbugs, ...).

A static file linter that allows you to write custom rules using regular expressions (RegEx).

A source code analysis tool for detecting and managing Java security vulnerabilities.

A static source code analyser for vulnerabilities in PHP scripts.

A proprietary code quality checker that can be integrated with GitHub.

Security code analyzer for C# and VB.NET. Detects various security vulnerability patterns: SQLi, XSS, CSRF, XXE, Open Redirect, etc. Integrates into Visual Studio 2015 and newer. Detects various security vulnerability patterns: SQLi, XSS, CSRF, XXE, Open Redirect, etc.

SAST tool which is capable of identifying vulnerabilities and undocumented features. The analyzer scans the source code and executables without debug info (i.e. binaries). Supports: Java/Scala/Kotlin, PHP, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, VBScript, HTML5, Python, Perl, C/C++, Objective-C/Swift, PL/SQL, T-SQL, ABAP, 1C, Apex, Go, Ruby, Groovy, Delphi, VBA, Visual Basic 6, Solidity, Vyper, COBOL.

Multi-language cloud-based static code analysis. History, trends, security hot-spots, pull request analysis and more. Free for open source.

Spoon is a metaprogramming library to analyze and transform Java source code (incl Java 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14). It parses source files to build a well-designed AST with powerful analysis and transformation API. Can be integrated in Maven and Gradle.

Language-independent tool for massive, automatic, programmable refactoring based on simple pattern definitions.

Code review tool with static code analysis and code-aware navigation for Java, PHP, JavaScript and Kotlin.

Find flaws in binaries and bytecode without requiring source. Support all major programming languages: Java, .NET, JavaScript, Swift, Objective-C, C, C++ and more.

Java library for parsing report files from static code analysis. Used by a bunch of Jenkins, Maven and Gradle plugins.

Static analysis capabilities for Java bytecode and related languages and for JavaScript.

WhiteHat Scout (for Developers) combined with WhiteHat Sentinel Source (for Operations) supporting WhiteHat Top 40 and OWASP Top 10.

Commercial Static Code Analysis which runs locally, but uploads the results to its cloud for presentation.

A commercial static analysis platform that allows for scanning of multiple languages (C/C++, Android, C#, Java, JS, PHP, Python, Node.JS, Ruby, Fortran, and Swift).

Static code analysis for binary and source code - Java/Scala, PHP, Javascript, C#, PL/SQL, Python, T-SQL, C/C++, ObjectiveC/Swift, Visual Basic 6.0, Ruby, Delphi, ABAP, HTML5 and Solidity.

Commercial Static Code Analysis which doesn't require pre-compilation.

Intelligent software analytics platform that identifies design issues, code issues, duplication and metrics. Supports Java, C, C++, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, Kotlin and more.

Identify and remediate cyber threats in a blazingly fast, collaborative environment, with seamless integration in your SDLC. Python, C\C++, Java, C#, PHP and more.