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Checkstyle vs FindBugs

A side-by-side look at Checkstyle and FindBugs. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Checkstyle

Checkstyle

Development

Checkstyle is an open source code style checking and code formatting tool for Java. It helps developers follow a coding standard and avoid common mistakes by analyzing Java code and reporting violations of predefined rules.

javacoding-standardsstatic-analysislinter
FindBugs

FindBugs

Development

FindBugs is an open source tool that uses static analysis to look for bugs in Java code. It detects possible bugs and quality issues rather than compiling or running the code.

javastatic-analysiscode-qualitybug-detection