PMD VS FindBugs

Compare PMD vs FindBugs and see what are their differences.

FindBugs

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PMD FindBugs
21 0
4,614 742
1.5% 0.0%
9.9 0.0
7 days ago over 1 year ago
Java Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later -
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PMD

Posts with mentions or reviews of PMD. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-01.
  • Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer: already time for retirement?
    2 projects | dev.to | 1 Aug 2023
    While the security findings can be pretty elaborate and helpful, the code quality and performance focused findings are not that impressive and can often be detected by more basic or powerful tools like SonarQube (paying) or PMD (free). To see what I mean you can have a look at the list of Java code quality detectors, which is pretty short and contains a lot of simple findings like:
  • Custom Gradle Plugin for Unified Static Code Analysis
    3 projects | dev.to | 4 Feb 2023
    PMD and Checkstyle are static analysis tools that check your code on each project build. Gradle allows to apply them easily.
  • Spring Boot – Black Box Testing
    9 projects | dev.to | 13 Nov 2022
    The generated classes should be put into .gitignore. Otherwise, if you have Checkstyle, PMD, or SonarQube in your project, then generated classes can violate some rules. Besides, if you don't put them into .gitignore, then each pull request might become huge due to the fact that even a slightest fix can lead to lots of changes in the generated classes.
  • After Java tutorials, now what???
    5 projects | /r/javahelp | 30 Apr 2022
    - PMD Static Code Analysis tool: https://pmd.github.io/
  • Ask HN: What is a modern Java environment?
    22 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Mar 2022
    PMD, Spotbugs, Nullaway: Java linting/static analysis (https://pmd.github.io, https://spotbugs.github.io, https://github.com/uber/NullAway)
  • Code smell plugin
    2 projects | /r/javahelp | 15 Feb 2022
    PMD, and checkstyle as well.
  • Writing Clean and Consistent Code with Static Analysis using PMD and Apex
    6 projects | dev.to | 28 Jan 2022
    Nearly every programming language has a static analyzer of its own. For example, golang has gofmt, which is baked into the standard tooling, while Ruby has Rubocop, a community-led project. Even compiled languages like C have their own static analyzer through astyle. However, it can be difficult (and tedious) to run several analyzers across polyglot projects. Fortunately, that’s where a project like PMD can be of assistance. PMD is a static analyzer that allows you to define a standard set of rules that can be applied over multiple languages.
    6 projects | dev.to | 28 Jan 2022
    Open up the config/ruleset.xml file, and you’ll find an XML document that lists several rules. These rules map to the issues which PMD will report on. Believe it or not, there are hundreds of Apex rules, and you can find the full set at the PMD repo. You have complete control over which rules to enable. Typically, you’d determine which ones are important by agreeing with your teammates on the ones that matter most. After all, their code will be statically analyzed, too!
  • Is there a tool to track CVEs for the software that we use?
    8 projects | /r/sysadmin | 14 Dec 2021
    While at it you could also point them to static code analyzers such as error_prone, spotbugs and pmd (use all 3 at once - they complement each other in detecting different issues).
  • How to setup CI/CD for org-based development?
    2 projects | /r/salesforce | 10 Dec 2021
    For PMD specifically, we use the PMD command line tool (Github) and wire it together with some bash scripting. Most pipelines will allow you to write bash as needed. The SFDX scanner command didn't exist when we implemented this, you might be able to use that instead.

FindBugs

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

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PMD and FindBugs you can also consider the following projects:

Spotbugs - SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.

SonarQube - Continuous Inspection

Error Prone - Catch common Java mistakes as compile-time errors

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.

infer - A static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C

SonarJava - :coffee: SonarSource Static Analyzer for Java Code Quality and Security

ESLint - Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code.