SonarLint

RATING:

4.7

(7)
Overview

About SonarLint

SonarLint, a core component of the Sonar solution, is a free and open-source IDE plugin, that is a developer's first line of defense to find and fix coding issues in real time. SonarLint resolves issues in code and provides rich contextual guidance to help developers improve their skills while enhancing their productivity. Supporting over 25 languages and the most popular IDEs, SonarLint leverages over 5,000 language-specific Clean Code rules to instantly highlight common coding issues that may lead to, bugs, and vulnerabilities.

SonarLint Pricing

SonarLint is a free and open source IDE extension.

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

SonarLint is available for VS Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse and JetBrains IDEs. Here, SonarLint identifies and highlights issues in a Java project within VS Code.
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SonarLint Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

5

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for SonarLint

7 Reviews

Shubham Vasantrao

Capital Markets, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2023

One of the best plugin out there

One of the best tools out there in the market.

PROS

1) I did use the plugin version of SonarLint. We integrated it with Eclipse, Pycharm and Visual Code2) The tool is extremely configurable as in we can set the rules-based settings for our organization and/or team3) The best part of the plugin is that we can find the suggestions/bug detection at the development time so that there is no need to redevelop and deploy the code4) Another best thing about the product is that it helps mitigate vulnerabilities in the code, keeping the user and the code base up to date. Allows users to learn the best development practices and improves the readability of the code

CONS

1) I liked almost everything when I was using it is Eclipse and Pycharm.2) However, I found it a bit slow in response and cumbersome to use in VS code. It might be my personal opinion but I did find it slow.

Vendor Response

Thank you - we value your feedback. We are constantly striving to improve the experience of our users, and we invite you to join our active Community where we share all the latest developments, as well as work on improvements. https://community.sonarsource.com/

Replied February 2023

teran

Computer Software, 201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2023

Plugin used to check issues before deploying

After submitting my first merge request to the supervisor in my first company, I was asked whether I have check the code smells. I said no and then I was asked to add sonar-lint plugin to my IDE, then check the code issues and finally send him the merge request once I fix all those issues. Since that moment I use this everyday to check issues in the code that I daily write.

PROS

This identifies code smells, security issues, bugs and gives suggestions to fix them as well. By using this, developers can release a bug free quality code to the repository and also without knowing that will become a daily practice which is very good for a developer and the company as well.

CONS

I found some warnings and I though those are not actually issues to be fixed. So I think not all the warnings that the plugin show are important to be fixed.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback, we consider it a gift. Our goal is to empower every developer to create clean code, and your comments will help us continue to improve.

Replied April 2023

Anonymous

1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed December 2022

Easy SAST in your IDE

PROS

SonarLint allows users to customize the rules that are used to analyze their code, making it possible to tailor the tool to the needs of specific project. It integrates with popular IDEs such as Eclipse and Visual Studio, making it easy to use within a developer's existing workflow. The reports include the location of the issue and a description of the problem. SonarLint includes code snippets and examples to help developers understand and fix the issues that have been identified which I find very useful.

CONS

Setting up SonarLint can be time-consuming, as it requires installing the tool and configuring it for each specific project. As it happens with all SAST tools, SonarLint only performs static code analysis, meaning it cannot identify issues that may arise during runtime.

Rakesh

Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed January 2023

Great tool for writing good quality code

PROS

It helps to improve our coding standard especially for less experienced people. It helps to avoid more issues from higher environment after code deployment

CONS

It will take some time for new users to gel with this tool but it can not be considered as a disadvantage

sadri

Government Administration, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2023

SonarLint easy to use

Je suis satisfait de cet outil.

PROS

Integration avec Visual studio permet d'analyser le code avant de le pousser dans le depot.

CONS

La version actuelle me plait et effectue son travail convenablement sans avoir besoin de trop de ressources.

Reason for choosing SonarLint

Son integration avec Visual studio

Vendor Response

Thank you Sadri for your kind review. We consider feedback to be a gift. It encourages us on our journey to bring Clean Code to everyone.

Replied March 2023

Athira

Computer Software, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed January 2023

Great tool for improving coding skills

PROS

this software will highlight suggestions to improve coding standard, if we practice it as part of daily coding, it will definitely advance our coding skills

CONS

sometimes it's time consuming if we analyses entire codebase

Andrea

E-Learning, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2022

The best linter that everybody need to test

PROS

It is well integrated with both JetBrains / VSC IDE. It works well with bitbucket and GitHub. Also, it offers a lot of customization and vulnerability hints. A must-have

CONS

Did not find any cons as far as I used it.

7 Reviews