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Brakeman vs Hound: What are the differences?

What is Brakeman? A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications. Free static analysis security tool for Ruby on Rails. Zero-setup security scans for Rails applications based on source code analysis.

What is Hound? A hosted service that comments on Ruby style guide violations in your GitHub pull requests. Take care of pesky code reviews with a trusty Hound. Hound reviews GitHub pull requests for style guide violations.

Brakeman and Hound can be categorized as "Code Review" tools.

Brakeman and Hound are both open source tools. It seems that Brakeman with 5.42K GitHub stars and 555 forks on GitHub has more adoption than Hound with 1.72K GitHub stars and 393 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Hound has a broader approval, being mentioned in 10 company stacks & 3 developers stacks; compared to Brakeman, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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    What is Brakeman?

    Free static analysis security tool for Ruby on Rails. Zero-setup security scans for Rails applications based on source code analysis.

    What is Hound?

    Automated code review for GitHub pull requests. It comments on code quality and style issues, allowing you and your team to better review and maintain a clean codebase.

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