PMD
An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer. (by pmd)
SonarQube
Continuous Inspection (by SonarSource)
| PMD | SonarQube | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 70 | |
| 5,033 | 9,506 | |
| 0.9% | 1.7% | |
| 9.9 | 9.9 | |
| 5 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| Java | Java | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
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.
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 2025-02-27.
- Análise Comparativa: Aider vs. PMD vs. Semgrep
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We Have Code Quality At Home: Open Source Java Code Quality Tools
PMD is a source code static analysis tool. It inspects your Java files for any issues, and has a configurable set of rules to look at.
- PMD 7 Is Here
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Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer: already time for retirement?
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:
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Code Review for Flows
Also saw this convo has a couple years worth of ideas going on … https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3413
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Custom Gradle Plugin for Unified Static Code Analysis
PMD and Checkstyle are static analysis tools that check your code on each project build. Gradle allows to apply them easily.
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Spring Boot – Black Box Testing
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.
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After Java tutorials, now what???
- PMD Static Code Analysis tool: https://pmd.github.io/
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Ask HN: What is a modern Java environment?
PMD, Spotbugs, Nullaway: Java linting/static analysis (https://pmd.github.io, https://spotbugs.github.io, https://github.com/uber/NullAway)
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Code smell plugin
PMD, and checkstyle as well.
SonarQube
Posts with mentions or reviews of SonarQube.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-02-26.
- Aider: Integração Avançada de LLMs no Desenvolvimento de Software
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Top 12 AI Test Automation Tools for Smarter Software Testing in 2025
SonarQube - Multi-language code analysis for maintainability and quality.
- Como Melhorar seu Código Java: 7 Boas Práticas e Padrões de Desenvolvimento
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Navigating the Software Developer Life: Soft Skills, AI Tools, and Team Dynamics
Code Review and Quality Assurance: Tools like DeepCode and SonarQube leverage AI to review your code, identify potential issues, and suggest improvements.
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Cloud Security and Resilience: DevSecOps Tools and Practices
2. SonarQube: https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube SonarQube enhances code quality and security. It performs automatic reviews to detect bugs, vulnerabilities, and code smells in your code.
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Experience Continuous Integration with Jenkins | Ansible | Artifactory | SonarQube | PHP
SonarQube (Scroll down to the Sonarqube section to see instructions on how to set up and configure SonarQube manually)
- Enterprise level open source react apps?
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Usefully links for DotNet Backend Developers
SonarQube https://www.sonarqube.org/
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How do you integrate a static security analysis tool into the CI/CD pipeline
There are commercial tools that can be integrated into a CI pipeline and/or a developer's IDE. I've used SonarQube before, but there are others.
- No laburar en el laburo
What are some alternatives?
When comparing PMD and SonarQube you can also consider the following projects:
Error Prone - Catch common Java mistakes as compile-time errors
Spotbugs - SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.
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.
trivy - Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more