Feature comparison
CodeChecker includes two user interfaces, which support different actions. This comparison summary is intended to overview which feature is available through which interface.
Table of Contents
- Analysis invocation
- Storage of reports to a server
- Report navigation and visualisation
- Run management
- Server administration
Analysis invocation
-
Analyzers can only be invoked through the command-line command,
analyze
. -
Analysis runs locally on the user's computer.
-
Cross–Translation-Unit analysis supported if using a Clang version which supports it.
Storage of reports to a server
- Storage of reports can only be done through the command-line command,
store
.
Report navigation and visualisation
Feature name | Command-line | Web GUI |
---|---|---|
Listing basic (file, check message, ...) report summary | ✓ | ✓ |
Listing advanced (detection status, review, ...) report summary | ✗ | ✓ |
Basic (file path, check name, ...) filtering of reports | ✓ | ✓ |
Advanced (detection status, detection date, ...) filtering | ✗ | ✓ |
Printing bug path for report | Only for local output folder | ✓ |
Visualisation of bug path in the code | Only through exporting to HTML | ✓ |
Listing reports in the same file | Only through filters | ✓ |
Listing all reports in a product | ✗ | ✓ |
Report management, triaging tools
Feature name | Command-line | Web GUI |
---|---|---|
Showing comments for a particular report | ✗ | ✓ |
Commenting on reports | ✗ | ✓ |
Comment management (edit, delete) | ✗ | ✓ |
Showing review status of a report | ✗ | ✓ |
Changing review status of a report | ✗ | ✓ |
(Legacy) Importing suppressions of < 6.0 CodeChecker |
✓ | ✗ |
Difference of two runs | ✓ | ✓ |
Difference of a stored run to a local output folder | ✓ | ✗ |
Statistics, summary views
Feature name | Command-line | Web GUI |
---|---|---|
Run overview | Basic (only report count and timestamp) | ✓ |
Breakdown of reports per run, per check | ✓ | ✓ |
Exporting report breakdown to CSV | ✓ | ✓ |
Run management
Feature name | Command-line | Web GUI |
---|---|---|
Listing runs in a product | ✓ | ✓ |
Listing store actions to a run (history) | ✗ | ✓ |
Deleting runs | ✓ | ✓ |
Server administration
Starting a server
The command-line command CodeChecker server
is
used to start a CodeChecker server.
This command is also responsible for handling schema upgrades.
Product management
Feature name | Command-line | Web GUI |
---|---|---|
Listing products on a server | ✓ | ✓ |
Addition, modification and removal of products | ✓ | ✓ |
Authentication and access control
Feature name | Command-line | Web GUI |
---|---|---|
Configuration of authentication system | Through configuration file | ✗ |
Managing permissions granted to users | ✗ | ✓ |