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A static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C
16K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdevelopmentOCamlStatic Analysis
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Checkstyle
Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. By default it supports the Google Java Style Guide and Sun Code Conventions, but is highly configurable. It can be invoked with an ANT task and a command line program.
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Continuous Inspection
11K starsJul 17, 2026 pushdevelopmentJavaStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add SonarSource/sonarqube#3
A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions.
20K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdevelopmentSwiftStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add realm/SwiftLint#4
PHP Static Analysis Tool - discover bugs in your code without running it!
14K starsJun 24, 2026 pushdevelopmentPHPStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add phpstan/phpstan#5
Go security checker
8.9K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevelopmentGoStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add securego/gosec#6
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.
48K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdevelopmentRustStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add astral-sh/ruff#7
ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts
40K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevelopmentHaskellStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add koalaman/shellcheck#8
Lightweight static analysis for many languages. Find bug variants with patterns that look like source code.
16K starsJun 22, 2026 pushdevelopmentOCamlStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add semgrep/semgrep#9
A tool to automatically fix PHP Coding Standards issues
14K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdevelopmentPHPStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer#10
A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
13K starsJul 17, 2026 pushdevelopmentGoStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add anchore/grype#11
⚡A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting. Written in Rust
15K starsJul 18, 2026 pushdevelopmentRustStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add ast-grep/ast-grep#12
Program for determining types of files for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
11K starsJul 18, 2026 pushdevelopmentJavaScriptStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add horsicq/Detect-It-Easy#13
Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell
12K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevelopmentHaskellStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add hadolint/hadolint#14
Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.
8.8K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdevelopmentPythonStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add bridgecrewio/checkov#15
CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials from container images and filesystems
9.1K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdevelopmentGoStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add anchore/syft#16
🔍 A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.
54K starsJul 27, 2026 pushdevelopmentC++Static Analysis
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