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SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.
3.9K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdevelopmentJavaStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add spotbugs/spotbugsAlternatives
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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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$ npx skills add realm/SwiftLint#4
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$ npx skills add mgechev/revive#5
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$ npx skills add pylint-dev/pylint#6
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$ npx skills add uber/NullAway#7
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$ npx skills add astral-sh/ruff#8
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$ npx skills add facebook/infer#9
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$ npx skills add detekt/detekt#10
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$ npx skills add rrrene/credo#11
Continuous Inspection
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$ npx skills add SonarSource/sonarqube#12
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$ npx skills add PyCQA/flake8#13
The modern Java bytecode editor
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$ npx skills add Col-E/Recaf#14
Catch common Java mistakes as compile-time errors
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$ npx skills add google/error-prone#15
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$ npx skills add soot-oss/soot#16
ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts
40K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevelopmentHaskellStatic Analysis
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