List of Tools For Static Code Analysis - Formal Methods Tools

Formal Methods Tools

Tools that use a formal methods approach to static analysis (e.g., using static program assertions):

  • ECLAIR — Uses formal methods-based static code analysis techniques such as abstract interpretation and model checking combined with constraint satisfaction techniques to detect or prove the absence of certain run time errors in source code.
  • ESC/Java and ESC/Java2 — Based on Java Modeling Language, an enriched version of Java.
  • MALPAS; A formal methods tool that uses directed graphs and regular algebra to prove that software under analysis correctly meets its mathematical specification.
  • Polyspace — Uses abstract interpretation, a formal methods based technique, to detect and prove the absence of certain run time errors in source code for C/C++, and Ada
  • SofCheck Inspector — Statically determines and documents pre- and postconditions for Java methods; statically checks preconditions at all call sites; also supports Ada.
  • SPARK Toolset including the SPARK Examiner — Based on the SPARK language, a subset of Ada.

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