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Code Climate vs GitCop: What are the differences?

Developers describe Code Climate as "Automated Ruby Code Review". 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. On the other hand, GitCop is detailed as "Automated Commit Message Validation for GitHub Pull Requests". Free for open source projects;Any time a pull request is raised on your repository, each commit in the pull request is checked against the repository rules. If any commits do not follow the provided rules, a comment is left against the pull request.

Code Climate and GitCop can be primarily classified as "Code Review" tools.

Some of the features offered by Code Climate are:

  • Automated Git Updates- Nothing to install. Code Climate runs everytime you push a new commit.
  • Activity Feeds- Up-to-the-minute information so you can see when and how code changes.
  • Instant Notifications- Major security and quality changes pushed to where you work: email, Campfire, HipChat, and RSS feeds.

On the other hand, GitCop provides the following key features:

  • Instant Pull Request Feedback
  • Easy to Get Going
  • Many Customization Options
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Pros of Code Climate
Pros of GitCop
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    Auto sync with Github
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    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
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    GitHub only
  • 2
    Python inspection
  • 2
    Great open community
  • 2
    GitHub integration, status inline in PRs
  • 2
    Uses rubocop
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    Locally Installable API
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    Cons of Code Climate
    Cons of GitCop
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      Learning curve, static analysis comparable to eslint
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      Complains about small stylistic decisions
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      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 GitCop?

      Free for open source projects;Any time a pull request is raised on your repository, each commit in the pull request is checked against the repository rules. If any commits do not follow the provided rules, a comment is left against the pull request.

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