gcovr VS fastcov

Compare gcovr vs fastcov and see what are their differences.

gcovr

generate code coverage reports with gcc/gcov (by gcovr)
Python Coverage C CPP coverage-report gcov lcov gcovr Gcc Clang
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fastcov

A massively parallelized gcov wrapper (by RPGillespie6)
Coverage C CPP Gcc gcov lcov coverage-report coverage-data Python3
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2 1
806 91
2.2% -
8.6 4.8
7 days ago 3 months ago
Python Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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gcovr

Posts with mentions or reviews of gcovr. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

fastcov

Posts with mentions or reviews of fastcov. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-02.
  • Sysexits – preferable exit codes for programs
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Nov 2021
    I do something very similar, though I read I should avoid codes 1 and 2 so my error codes start at 3: https://github.com/RPGillespie6/fastcov/blob/master/fastcov....

    That way automated CI pipelines (or whatever) can switch on the return code if needed rather than try to parse stderr

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gcovr and fastcov you can also consider the following projects:

vim-lcov

cov - An emacs extension for displaying coverage data on your code

ccache - ccache – a fast compiler cache

SpeedTests - comparing the execution speeds of various programming languages

setup-cpp - Install all the tools required for building and testing C++/C projects.

pmbuild - A simple, configurable and extendible build system for gamedev.

compiledb - Tool for generating Clang's JSON Compilation Database files for make-based build systems.

typos - Source code spell checker

jacoco-badge-generator - Coverage badges, and pull request coverage checks, from JaCoCo reports in GitHub Actions

clif - Binding generator to wrap C++ for Python using LLVM.

yahboomg1tank - ROS2 for YAHBOOM G1 Tank

gcovr vs vim-lcov fastcov vs cov gcovr vs ccache fastcov vs SpeedTests gcovr vs setup-cpp fastcov vs pmbuild gcovr vs compiledb fastcov vs typos gcovr vs cov fastcov vs jacoco-badge-generator gcovr vs clif fastcov vs yahboomg1tank