Cppcheck
One of the most used static code analyzers in the world.
Why use Cppcheck?
Cppcheck is a static analysis tool for C/C++ code. It provides unique code analysis to detect bugs and is top rated in detecting undefined behavior and dangerous coding constructs.
Plug & Play
Cppcheck is built to be Plug & Play with a maximum 30 min from installation to result.
On-prem and air-gapped
Run locally and air-gapped with no license servers, network configurations, or SLA-agreements to worry about.
No False Positives
We treat all false positives as bugs because we want developers to trust the tool.
Unique analysis
Our unique bi-directional analysis makes the tool one of the fastest on the market.
Verified on actual code
Finds actual dangerous bugs by focusing on undefined behavior and ”useful” checkers.
The right tool for the task
Multi-purpose tools seldom excel at any one thing. If finding bugs is important to you, you need a specialized tool.
Great support
Only developers work with support which means that our support always know what they are talking about.
Based on open-source
Continuously tried and tested by thousand of developers on hundreds of platforms makes it a tool you can trust.
Ensuring Safety Compliance
Cppcheck's inclusion of support for safety standards such as MISRA C 2023, MISRA C++ 2023, and AUTOSAR C++ 2014, along with the provision of compliance reports, offers a practical tool for developers in industries where safety is a priority.
Ensuring Security Compliance
Cppcheck's support for security standards like CERT C, CERT C++, and Top 25 CWE provides a valuable resource for developers focusing on cybersecurity. Additionally, the ability to generate compliance reports for these standards helps streamline the security certification process.
Trusted by the world
Cppcheck is trusted by engineers all around the world in all kinds of industries such as Automotive, Space, MedTech, Defense, Rail, Consumer Electronics, Industrial Equipment, Finance, Telecom.
Our user base as well as our community is located around the world. Cppcheck is a truly global tool with more than 15 years of development behind it.
The Cppcheck community is growing every day. The repository is housed on Github and boasts more than +5k stars, +27k commits, +5k closed pull requests, +300 active contributors.
Cppcheck Premium licences
Business License
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The Business license is computer locked and intended for individual developer computers. It does not support CI-environments, VMs or containers.
- The tool is designed to be able to analyze your C/C++ code even if it has non-standard syntax (common in embedded projects).
- Cppcheck is cross platform. There are installation packages for Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD. And it is compiled and run on various other operating systems also.
- The tool is easily integrated in many different development environments. You can run it in Visual Studio, Eclipse, Clion, Qt Creator, C++ Builder, and many other C/C++ IDEs.
- Cppcheck covers C++ 11, 14, 17 and partly 20.
- Supports development environments regardless if they are connected to the internet or not.
- A growing number of essential checkers for undefined behavior and other dangerous coding constructs.
- Bug-hunting (“Soundy” analysis). Cppcheck Premium supports a bug-hunting mode intended for when a bug is found in testing but not easily identifiable in the source code.
- Support for safety standards such as MISRA C 2023, MISRA C++ 2008, MISRA C++ 2023 and AUTOSAR C++ 2014.
- Support for security standards such as CWE, CERT C 2016 and CERT C++ 2016.
Enterprise License
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The Enterprise license is locked to a maximum number of lines of code (LoC). It works in CI-environments, VMs and containers as well as on individual computers.
- The enterprise licensing model supports CI-environments, VMs and containers.
- For enterprise customers, we always provide an online onboarding service to make sure you get the tool up and running as soon as possible.
- Dedicated technical support with installation and integration in your own CI environment.
Safety Certified License
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The Safety Certified license is intended for safety-critical applications where a pre-qualified tool is needed.
- Current certificate and functional safety manual is included.
- Compliance reports are available for all safety and security standards.
- Standards currently covered are IEC 61508, ISO 26262 and EN 50128. This makes it applicable for other standards such as IEC 62304. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this.
- Certified by TÜV SÜD