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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 Review Board? Stress-free code review for teams of all sizes. Review Board is an open source, web-based code and document review tool built to help companies, open source projects, and other organizations keep their quality high and their bug count low.

Checkstyle and Review Board belong to "Code Review" category of the tech stack.

Checkstyle and Review Board are both open source tools. Checkstyle with 4.71K GitHub stars and 6.95K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Review Board with 1.2K GitHub stars and 365 GitHub forks.

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    What is Checkstyle ?

    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 Review Board?

    Review Board is an open source, web-based code and document review tool built to help companies, open source projects, and other organizations keep their quality high and their bug count low.

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    What are some alternatives to Checkstyle and Review Board?
    PMD
    It is a source code analyzer. It finds common programming flaws like unused variables, empty catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and so forth. It includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector.
    FindBugs
    It detects possible bugs in Java programs. Potential errors are classified in four ranks: scariest, scary, troubling and of concern. This is a hint to the developer about their possible impact or severity.
    Checkmarx
    It is a provider of state-of-the-art application security solution: static code analysis software, seamlessly integrated into development process.
    Git
    Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
    GitHub
    GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
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