The Best Rails Static Analysis Tools (Linters/Formatters)
We rank 4 Rails linters, code analyzers, formatters, and more. Find and compare tools like Semgrep, Bearer, Coverity, and more. Please rate and review tools that you've used. This helps others find the best tools for their projects.
1 Rails Tools
dawnscanner
A static analysis security scanner for ruby written web applications. It supports Sinatra, Padrino and Ruby on Rails frameworks.
3 Multi-Language Tools
Semgrep
A fast, open-source, static analysis tool for finding bugs and enforcing code standards at editor, commit, and CI time. Its rules look like the code you already write; no abstract syntax trees or regex wrestling. Supports 17+ languages.
Bearer
Open-Source static code analysis tool to discover, filter and prioritize security risks and vulnerabilities leading to sensitive data exposures (PII, PHI, PD). Highly configurable and easily extensible, built for security and engineering teams.
Coverity
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.
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What are Rails tools?
What are the best Rails static analysis tools and linters?
The most popular Rails tools ranked by user votes are: Semgrep, Bearer, Coverity, dawnscanner.
Which Rails services are free for open source projects?
Commercial services with a free plan for open source include Semgrep, Bearer, dawnscanner.