CppDepend provides a comprehensive solution for validating C and C++ code against trusted industry standards such as MISRA, CERT, and AUTOSAR. It helps developers catch bugs, prevent vulnerabilities, and enforce best practices throughout the development lifecycle. The software supports a wide range of C/C++ versions, including C++23, C++20, C++17, C++14, C++11, C++98, C, Embedded C, and CUDA, ensuring broad compatibility. It seamlessly integrates with popular IDEs like Visual Studio (2010-2022), leading build systems, and continuous integration tools, facilitating a smooth transition into existing development workflows. CppDepend's static analysis engine identifies potential issues, security risks, and areas for improvement, enhancing code efficiency and preventing unexpected bugs. It offers unparalleled visual representations to simplify code navigation and provide insights into dependencies and component relationships, aiding in architectural improvement. With over 60 built-in metrics and custom queries using CQLinq, CppDepend allows for tailored code evaluation and complete control over analysis. It also provides intelligent suggestions for refactoring, guiding developers towards increased maintainability and performance. The tool is often described as a "Swiss Army Knife" for C and C++ developers due to its wide range of features, including technical debt estimation and quality assessment of recent code changes.

Features & Benefits

• Comprehensive Static Analysis
  • CppDepend's static analysis engine identifies potential issues, security risks, and areas for improvement. It allows tailored code evaluation with over 60 built-in metrics and custom queries using CQLinq, and provides intelligent suggestions for refactoring to increase maintainability and performance.
• Standards Compliance & Compatibility
  • Validates code against trusted industry standards including MISRA C++, MISRA C, AUTOSAR, CERT C++, CERT C, and CWE. It offers compatibility with a wide range of C/C++ versions: C++23, C++20, C++17, C++14, C++11, C++98, C, Embedded C, and CUDA.
• Advanced Visualizations & Architecture Insights
  • Offers innovative visual representations to simplify code navigation and provide insights into dependencies and component relationships. This includes a Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) to understand coupling between projects, and Graph and Metrics views to browse code structure.
• Seamless Integration & DevOps Support
  • Effortlessly integrates with popular build systems, continuous integration tools, and IDEs, including Visual Studio (2010-2022). It also offers robust DevOps integration with leading platforms to ensure a smooth development workflow.
• Quality Gates & Reporting
  • Proposes a dozen of default Quality Gates to enforce coding standards and prevent regressions. Provides a comprehensive dashboard with trend charts to master the evolution of your project and offers extensive integration and reporting capabilities.
• Technical Debt & Change Impact Analysis
  • Provides estimations of technical debt, quantifying the resources wasted due to rule violations. It also assesses the quality impact of recent code changes, guiding programmers to write better code.
• Expert Support
  • Receive top-notch assistance from dedicated professionals for technical queries and best practices, ensuring user success.