PVA: CppCat Static Code Analyzer

CppCat is a static code analyzer, plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013. Since April 2015, the project is no longer supported by the developer.

2015: Project Closure

In April 2015, the company decided to close the CppCat project and engage in its main direction - the development of PVS-Studio.

According to representatives of the development company, the idea of ​ ​ CppCat was to create an inexpensive mass tool. However, the business performance of the project was significantly lower than planned.

2014

Description of CppCat

The plugin finds complex errors in C/C + + code (logical errors, typos, errors of indeterminate behavior, etc.) in addition to the usual compiler warnings. CppCat is designed specifically for C/C + + programmers using Visual Studio, which made it possible to take into account the features and needs of this narrow group of professionals.

Features

The developers propose to consider CppCat as a compiler extension that conducts full-fledged static code analysis. As part of the functions:

• search for errors in the C/C + + code;
• Check the entire project code and list all errors found.
• the ability to automatically check recompiled files and a list of errors found only in these files;
• requires Microsoft Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013 to work.

Price and Licensing

Delivery of the product - in electronic form. The cost of a license for one developer is $250. The license is valid for 1 year, after this period it is possible to extend for 80% of the cost. All updates throughout the year are free. A trial version for 7 days in full function mode is available on the product website.