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Checkstyle vs Phabricator: What are the differences?
What is Checkstyle ? A static code analysis tool. It is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. It automates the process of checking Java code to spare humans of this boring (but important) task. This makes it ideal for projects that want to enforce a coding standard.
What is Phabricator? Open Source, Software Development Platform. Phabricator is a collection of open source web applications that help software companies build better software.
Checkstyle and Phabricator can be primarily classified as "Code Review" tools.
Checkstyle is an open source tool with 4.71K GitHub stars and 6.95K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Checkstyle 's open source repository on GitHub.
Facebook, Dropbox, and Coursera are some of the popular companies that use Phabricator, whereas Checkstyle is used by Scrayos UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Kide Systems, and *. Phabricator has a broader approval, being mentioned in *64 company stacks & 84 developers stacks; compared to Checkstyle , which is listed in 3 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.
Pros of Checkstyle
Pros of Phabricator
- Open Source33
- Code Review29
- Supports Git/Hg/SVN25
- Bug Tracking18
- Audit Source Code17
- Unlimited Repo Support11
- Software Engineering Platform10
- Super fast task creation10
- Flexible Project Management9
- Project Management8
- Self hosted5
- Building Better Software4
- Best Integration with Gitlab2
- Complete set for collaborating on software development2
- Powerful, Complete, Fast, Reliable and Open Source1
- Straightforward code review process1
- Workflow1
- Very effective system, does all PM & code org needed1