Codacy vs Code Climate vs Hound

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Codacy

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Code Climate

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+ 1
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Hound

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Pros of Codacy
Pros of Code Climate
Pros of Hound
  • 45
    Automated code review
  • 35
    Easy setup
  • 29
    Free for open source
  • 20
    Customizable
  • 18
    Helps reduce technical debt
  • 14
    Better coding
  • 13
    Best scala support
  • 11
    Faster Employee Onboarding
  • 10
    Duplication detector
  • 10
    Great UI
  • 9
    PHP integration
  • 6
    Python inspection
  • 5
    Tools for JVM analysis
  • 5
    Many integrations
  • 4
    Github Integration
  • 3
    Must-have for Java
  • 3
    Easy Travis integration
  • 3
    Items can be ignored in the UI
  • 3
    Asdasdas
  • 2
    Gitlab
  • 0
    Asdas
  • 71
    Auto sync with Github
  • 49
    Simple grade system that motivates to keep code clean
  • 45
    Better coding
  • 30
    Free for open source
  • 21
    Hotspots for quick refactoring candidates
  • 15
    Continued encouragement to a have better / cleaner code
  • 13
    Great UI
  • 11
    Makes you a better coder
  • 10
    Duplication Detection
  • 5
    Safe and Secure
  • 2
    Private
  • 2
    Extremely accurate in telling you the errors
  • 2
    GitHub only
  • 2
    Python inspection
  • 2
    Great open community
  • 2
    GitHub integration, status inline in PRs
  • 2
    Uses rubocop
  • 1
    Locally Installable API
  • 4
    Comments on style so I don't have to
  • 3
    Easy configuration
  • 3
    Fast
  • 2
    Free for OSS
  • 2
    Inline comments

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Cons of Codacy
Cons of Code Climate
Cons of Hound
  • 6
    No support for private Git or Azure DevOps git
  • 2
    Learning curve, static analysis comparable to eslint
  • 1
    Complains about small stylistic decisions
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    What is Codacy?

    Codacy automates code reviews and monitors code quality on every commit and pull request on more than 40 programming languages reporting back the impact of every commit or PR, issues concerning code style, best practices and security.

    What is Code Climate?

    After each Git push, Code Climate analyzes your code for complexity, duplication, and common smells to determine changes in quality and surface technical debt hotspots.

    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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