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So far I'm impressed by every demonstration of PVS Studio that gets linked here and I love the developer's way of using open source projects for demonstrations (and thereby improving these projects). Great job.

Unfortunately the software seems to have no single developer license (only 'Team' and 'Site') and you have to write them a mail to even get a quote [1]?

In other words: Awesome tool, completely unavailable and out of reach for me.

Are there any somewhat comparable tools in the C# world that you use in your projects, apart from StyleCop/FxCop?

1: http://www.viva64.com/en/order/ - "Please write us from your corporate e-mail address for details on PVS-Studio prices. Specify information about your company and the type of license you would like to purchase (see the table below)."

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SonarQube and Resharper have some similar coverage. I'd recommend both (at the same time or individually).

SonarQube is incredible (and free). We've been using it at work, and it's uncovered bugs in a codebase that's been around for years.

For information, I wanted to point out that PVS-Studio is able to integrate with SonarQube: http://www.viva64.com/en/m/0037/

I see just now on their http://cpphints.com/ site they've posted a download link for the Linux version: http://www.viva64.com/en/pvs-studio-download-linux/

And a Windows version is also available (link at the bottom). Haven't tried it yet and also I don't see the terms spelled out on first glance.

I've heard a lot about NDepend in the dotnet world. Mostly because Erik Dietrich blogs about it constantly.

Please write us at support@viva64.com, I think we can provide a free license personally for you :-).

What was that loud noise!

Ah yes, it was the floodgates opening... ;@)

While that is a nice gesture towards darklajid, this ofcourse doesn't help other people. See also other replies in this thread. Maybe your company should consider opening up the pricing some more. Offer plans without having to send an email, offer a personal plan, etc.

Hey, so according to the latest post on cpphints.com you "invite everybody to try it on the code" and there is a link to http://www.viva64.com/en/pvs-studio-download-linux/ . Also I read on your page that "PVS-Studio distribution kit can be downloaded on the download page. The demo version has restriction of the number of the click-jumps to the code fragments that contain bugs.".

I tried to play with it but got to "Please request a trial license from our support at support@viva64.com.".

So, is there a free trial or not? Should I expect to get a free trial if I contact that address? (I have no intent to buy anything really)

From "PVS-Studio for Linux" - http://www.viva64.com/en/b/0441/

The new Linux version (.deb, .rpm, .tgz) is available for download on the page:

http://www.viva64.com/en/pvs-studio-download-linux/

We also recommend reading the documentation section "How to run PVS-Studio on Linux" http://www.viva64.com/en/pvs-studio-download-linux/ . If something is not clear or something does not work, we will gladly help you, feel free to ask questions in the mail.

If you want to get a registration key to try out the tool - contact us http://www.viva64.com/en/about-feedback/ . Over the time the process of getting the trial version may change, but now it is important for us to understand who downloads the analyzer, how the person uses it and which issues appear during the usage.

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