Ruby Static Analysis Tools head-to-head

Compare any two ruby static analysis tools

OF First tool #1 OpenText Fortify SAST · — #2 Snyk Code · 6.3 #3 GitHub CodeQL · 6.3 #4 Codacy · 7.3 #5 DeepSource · 6.0 #6 Semgrep Assistant · 5.3 #7 RuboCop · — #8 Qlty Cloud · 5.0 #9 Brakeman · — #10 Reek · — #11 Dawnscanner · — #12 Sorbet · — #13 Steep · — #14 RubyCritic · — #15 Rails Best Practices · — #16 bundler-audit · — #17 ERB Lint · — #18 Flay · — #19 Flog · — #20 Slim-Lint · — #21 TypeProf · — vs Second tool #1 OpenText Fortify SAST · — #2 Snyk Code · 6.3 #3 GitHub CodeQL · 6.3 #4 Codacy · 7.3 #5 DeepSource · 6.0 #6 Semgrep Assistant · 5.3 #7 RuboCop · — #8 Qlty Cloud · 5.0 #9 Brakeman · — #10 Reek · — #11 Dawnscanner · — #12 Sorbet · — #13 Steep · — #14 RubyCritic · — #15 Rails Best Practices · — #16 bundler-audit · — #17 ERB Lint · — #18 Flay · — #19 Flog · — #20 Slim-Lint · — #21 TypeProf · — Compare

Every tool in the ranking is in the list, #1 to #21.

Top matchups The top four, head-to-head

• OFOpenText Fortify SAST#1 · — vs Codacy#4 · 7.3 1 win1 even2 wins OpenText Fortify SAST leads on 1 of 4 checks, Codacy on 2, and 1 are even. Free plan only on Codacy OpenText Fortify SAST vs Codacy →
• GitHub CodeQL#3 · 6.3 vs Codacy#4 · 7.3 1 win2 even1 win GitHub CodeQL leads on 1 of 4 checks, Codacy on 1, and 2 are even. Security analysis only on Codacy GitHub CodeQL vs Codacy →

Every top-8 matchup 21 comparisons, grouped by tool

• OFOpenText Fortify SAST#1 · —
  • vsOpenText Fortify SAST vs Codacy7.3
  • vsOpenText Fortify SAST vs DeepSource6.0
  • vsSAOpenText Fortify SAST vs Semgrep Assistant5.3
  • vsOpenText Fortify SAST vs RuboCop—
  • vsOpenText Fortify SAST vs Qlty Cloud5.0
• Snyk Code#2 · 6.3
  • vsSnyk Code vs DeepSource6.0
  • vsSASnyk Code vs Semgrep Assistant5.3
  • vsSnyk Code vs RuboCop—
  • vsSnyk Code vs Qlty Cloud5.0
• GitHub CodeQL#3 · 6.3
  • vsGitHub CodeQL vs Codacy7.3
  • vsGitHub CodeQL vs DeepSource6.0
  • vsSAGitHub CodeQL vs Semgrep Assistant5.3
  • vsGitHub CodeQL vs RuboCop—
  • vsGitHub CodeQL vs Qlty Cloud5.0
• Codacy#4 · 7.3
  • vsOFCodacy vs OpenText Fortify SAST—
  • vsCodacy vs GitHub CodeQL6.3
  • vsSACodacy vs Semgrep Assistant5.3
  • vsCodacy vs RuboCop—
• DeepSource#5 · 6.0
  • vsOFDeepSource vs OpenText Fortify SAST—
  • vsDeepSource vs Snyk Code6.3
  • vsDeepSource vs GitHub CodeQL6.3
  • vsSADeepSource vs Semgrep Assistant5.3
  • vsDeepSource vs RuboCop—
• SASemgrep Assistant#6 · 5.3
  • vsOFSemgrep Assistant vs OpenText Fortify SAST—
  • vsSemgrep Assistant vs Snyk Code6.3
  • vsSemgrep Assistant vs GitHub CodeQL6.3
  • vsSemgrep Assistant vs Codacy7.3
  • vsSemgrep Assistant vs DeepSource6.0
  • vsSemgrep Assistant vs RuboCop—
  • vsSemgrep Assistant vs Qlty Cloud5.0
• RuboCop#7 · —
  • vsOFRuboCop vs OpenText Fortify SAST—
  • vsRuboCop vs Snyk Code6.3
  • vsRuboCop vs GitHub CodeQL6.3
  • vsRuboCop vs Codacy7.3
  • vsRuboCop vs DeepSource6.0
  • vsSARuboCop vs Semgrep Assistant5.3
  • vsRuboCop vs Qlty Cloud5.0
• Qlty Cloud#8 · 5.0
  • vsOFQlty Cloud vs OpenText Fortify SAST—
  • vsQlty Cloud vs Snyk Code6.3
  • vsQlty Cloud vs GitHub CodeQL6.3
  • vsSAQlty Cloud vs Semgrep Assistant5.3
  • vsQlty Cloud vs RuboCop—

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