Sourcetrail
Sourcetrail - free and open-source interactive source explorer (by CoatiSoftware)
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. (by checkstyle)
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Sourcetrail | Checkstyle | |
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46 | 15 | |
12,302 | 8,132 | |
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7.0 | 9.9 | |
over 2 years ago | about 11 hours ago | |
C++ | Java | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Sourcetrail
Posts with mentions or reviews of Sourcetrail.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-24.
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Ask HN: Anyone use a code to mindmap/flowchart tool?
I wish something existed in this space. I used Coati Software's Sourcetrail for a couple of years. Unfortunately it was discontinued. It was a wonderful piece of software that indexed a code repository, and exposed an interface to explore it interactively. At least for me, it significantly improved the understanding and legibility of code.
The code is in an archived state (https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail). Searching for the software on Google shows some screenshots.
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Ask HN: What would an IDE built for the Apple Vision Pro look like?
I think it might make large scale code visualization in a similar way to how SourceTrail does it more feasible: https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail
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How to quickly learn/understand the system architecture of any given application?
Sourcetrail: Free and open-source cross-platform source explorer https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail
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Tools/software for visualizing code structure/dependencies of large C project.
Yep souecetrail https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail
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Tools to understand a new code base
I've used https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail in the past for some bits of the legacy code project I'm on. I also use vim and cscope for day to day navigation but it's harder to get a big picture with those alone.
- Is there a site or extension where to learn C++ by doing, learning more visually?
- “Zoom Out”: The missing feature of IDEs
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Tools for Building Symbol Tables from A Source Code File
Sourcetrail?
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A Byfrost Indexer Update-A Graphing Demo
Does it strive to do what Sourcetrail used to ?
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How to understand a c++ project
You could always try using Sourcetrail. Unfortunately the open source project is now archived but it should still help you get insights into your code.
Checkstyle
Posts with mentions or reviews of Checkstyle.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-25.
- 5 easy paths to become a recognized Java expert. Really. For free.
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Java Checkstyle reports formatting as a warning, not an error despite my explicit severity
I'm trying to use Google's checkstyle. I want certain things to be an error, such as using Tabs for indentation. When I run mvn checkstyle:check with a file with a tab in the first column, it always gives a [WARN] rather than the error that I've asked for. Pom snippet: org.apache.maven.plugins maven-surefire-plugin ${maven-surefire-plugin.version} ${maven-surefire-plugin.skipUnitTests} org.apache.maven.plugins maven-checkstyle-plugin 3.1.2 checkstyle validate check google_checks.xml UTF-8 true true warning true I'm using google_checks.xml as from https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/blob/master/src/main/resources/google_checks.xml. I have changed the severity for the FileTabCharacter to "error"
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How does Apache ShardingSphere standardize and format code? We use Spotless
1. Conflicts between Spotless and Checkstyle Checkstyle is a tool for checking Java source code for compliance with code standards or a set of validation rules (best practices).
- Checkstyle - development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard.
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Seriously who cares about the warnings
Never had anything like that though for four years my life revolved around getting PMD, checkstyle and Sonar rules to pass so my pull request would merge.
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Code smell plugin
PMD, and checkstyle as well.
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How can I help my partner write better code?
I’m a little out of date with Java, but I believe Checkstyle is currently popular: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle
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Why You Need Static Code Analysis
Another example can be applied to code quality itself. Most static analyzers are configurable. If you tried to set Checkstyle Google configuration to the mature project, you would probably get hundreds or even thousands of errors. You can start with just one rule. Ar first glance, it seems not so important. But after the moment when the configuration reaches the repository, you can be sure that no one else can violate this rule in the future.
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I have made a list of 55 plus open source software list for doing various tasks
Checkstyle: a tool that helps programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle
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Java formatter
So I was there once, sharing my solution. For my current project I use the java formatter jar, but on my previous work I was using checkstyle, you can get it from here: Checkstyle. Then pass your checkstyle xml format config.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Sourcetrail and Checkstyle you can also consider the following projects:
Spotbugs - SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.
spotless - Keep your code spotless
PMD - An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer.
SonarQube - Continuous Inspection
infer - A static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C
Gource - software version control visualization
Error Prone - Catch common Java mistakes as compile-time errors
FindBugs - The new home of the FindBugs project
code2flow - Pretty good call graphs for dynamic languages