Linters, bug finders and formatters for Java, Kotlin and other JVM languages.
Changes in this category (RSS)
| Tool | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkstyle | 9.6k | LGPL-2.1 | Open source | No | Java | checkstyle-14.3.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| detekt | 7.1k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Kotlin | v1.23.8 | 2026-10-05 |
| ktlint | 6.8k | MIT | Open source | No | Kotlin | 1.8.0 | 2026-10-05 |
| google-java-format | 6.2k | Other | Open source | No | Java | v1.37.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| PMD | 5.5k | Other | Open source | No | Java | pmd_releases/7.28.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| SpotBugs | 3.9k | LGPL-2.1 | Open source | No | Java | 4.10.4 | 2026-10-06 |
6 tools
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.
Static code analysis for Kotlin
An anti-bikeshedding Kotlin linter with built-in formatter
Reformats Java source code to comply with Google Java Style.
An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer.
SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.