detekt is a static code analyzer for Kotlin.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Code smell analysis for your Kotlin projects.
- Highly configurable rule sets.
- Generate baselines to suppress existing issues for legacy projects while making sure no new issues are introduced.
- Suppress issues in source files using @Suppress annotations.
- Support for different report formats: HTML, Markdown, SARIF, Checkstyle(XML) and custom reports.
- Extend detekt with custom rule sets and reports.
- Complexity reports based on lines of code, cyclomatic complexity and number of code smells.
- First party integration with Gradle with our Gradle plugin.
- A community of third party plugins that adds more rules and features to detekt.
Website: github.com/detekt/detekt
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Developer: detekt team
License: Apache License 2.0
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|---|---|
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| Konsist | Static code analyzer tailored for Kotlin |
| Ktlint Gradle | Gradle plugin that wires ktlint formatting into builds |
| Kotlinter Gradle | Plugin for linting and formatting |
| faire-detekt-rules | Opinionated detekt rules for cleaner, safer Kotlin code |
| Compose Rules | Static analysis checks that tighten Jetpack Compose quality |
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