clazy is a static code analyser designed specifically for C++ software developed with Qt. It is based on the Clang framework and understands many Qt-specific programming idioms and APIs.
The analyser provides more than 50 checks covering areas such as unnecessary allocations, incorrect API usage, container handling, signal and slot problems, temporary objects and inefficient string operations. Checks are organised into levels, allowing developers to control how aggressive the analysis should be.
clazy is primarily implemented as a Clang compiler plugin, but it is not restricted to plugin-only use. The project also provides clazy-standalone, which can analyse projects using a JSON compilation database. A number of checks offer fix-its that can automatically perform appropriate source-code changes.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Static analysis tailored specifically to Qt C++ code.
- Built on the Clang compiler framework.
- Provides more than 50 Qt-specific checks.
- Detects inefficient use of Qt APIs.
- Finds unnecessary memory allocations and temporary objects.
- Checks signal, slot, container and iterator usage.
- Groups checks into configurable analysis levels.
- Supports individual enabling and disabling of checks.
- Provides fix-its for automatic source-code refactoring.
- Includes a standalone analyser for JSON compilation databases.
- Can be integrated directly into normal compiler workflows.
Website: github.com/KDE/clazy
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Developer: KDE
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.0
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