What is Reek?
Reek is a tool that examines Ruby classes, modules, and methods and reports any Code Smells it finds.
Reek is a tool in the Code Review category of a tech stack.
Reek is an open source tool with 4K GitHub stars and 280 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Reek's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Reek?
Companies
Developers
7 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Reek.
Reek Integrations
Sublime Text, Vim, Atom, Emacs, and TextMate are some of the popular tools that integrate with Reek. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with Reek.
Reek Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Reek?
RuboCop
RuboCop is a Ruby static code analyzer. Out of the box it will enforce many of the guidelines outlined in the community Ruby Style Guide.
ESLint
A pluggable and configurable linter tool for identifying and reporting on patterns in JavaScript. Maintain your code quality with ease.
Prettier
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.
TSLint
An extensible static analysis tool that checks TypeScript code for readability, maintainability, and functionality errors. It is widely supported across modern editors & build systems and can be customized with your own lint rules, configurations, and formatters.
SonarQube
SonarQube provides an overview of the overall health of your source code and even more importantly, it highlights issues found on new code. With a Quality Gate set on your project, you will simply fix the Leak and start mechanically improving.
