OCLint VS cpplint

Compare OCLint vs cpplint and see what are their differences.

OCLint

A static source code analysis tool to improve quality and reduce defects for C, C++ and Objective-C (by oclint)

cpplint

Static code checker for C++ (by cpplint)
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OCLint cpplint
1 2
3,717 1,462
0.0% 2.3%
0.0 8.6
almost 2 years ago 4 days ago
C++ Python
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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OCLint

Posts with mentions or reviews of OCLint. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-13.

cpplint

Posts with mentions or reviews of cpplint. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-04.
  • Configuring Cppcheck, Cpplint, and JSON Lint
    3 projects | dev.to | 4 Mar 2024
    I was configuring them as I was reading. I have done this before, but we had some months of use since then, and I have seen it working in real-time. I got a lot out of this second read and configuration round. I discovered that I over-configured Cppcheck; there is much more to get out of Cpplint, and I reviewed the JSON Schema versions.
  • C/C++ pre-commit hooks for static analyzers and linters
    9 projects | /r/cpp | 13 Sep 2021
    and five C/C++ static code analyzers: * clang-tidy * oclint * cppcheck * cpplint (recently added!) * include-what-you-use (recently added!)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing OCLint and cpplint you can also consider the following projects:

SwiftLint - A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions.

Cppcheck - static analysis of C/C++ code

Tailor - Cross-platform static analyzer and linter for Swift.

cmake-lint - Fork of https://github.com/richq/cmake-lint to continue maintenance

SwiftCop - SwiftCop is a validation library fully written in Swift and inspired by the clarity of Ruby On Rails Active Record validations.

include-what-you-use - A tool for use with clang to analyze #includes in C and C++ source files

ocstyle - Objective-C style checker

uncrustify - Code beautifier

SwiftFormat - A command-line tool and Xcode Extension for formatting Swift code

cpp-linter-action - A Github Action for linting C/C++ code integrating clang-tidy and clang-format to collect feedback provided in the form of file-annotations, thread-comments, workflow step-summary, and Pull Request reviews.

CleanArchitectureRxSwift - Example of Clean Architecture of iOS app using RxSwift

pre-commit - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.