Qlty

GitHub-only static analysis, security scanning and code coverage platform, split between a free open-source CLI and hosted Qlty Cloud.

$20/contributor/moLast verified 2026-09-06

Deployment

Cloud · Self-Hosted (partial)

Languages

15+

Pricing model

Per contributing developer

Free tier

Yes

Workflow coverage

Where in the development lifecycle Qlty operates.

Real-Time IDE FeedbackNo

A VS Code extension is referenced only in Qlty's migration-comparison table; no IDE documentation exists

AI Agent Guardrail (MCP)YesFree (CLI)

CLI acts as agent quality gate via CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md, git hooks and agent hooks.

Local CLI / Pre-CommitYesFree (CLI)

Open-source CLI runs qlty check and qlty fmt locally, wired as pre-commit and pre-push git hooks

PR Inline ReviewYesCloud (pricing undocumented)

Qlty Cloud posts inline comments (max 50 per PR) plus a summary comment grouped by check

Merge Gate BlockingYesCloud (pricing undocumented)

Quality Gate commit statuses for issues, total coverage and diff coverage feed GitHub branch protection

Full Repo ScanYesFree (CLI)

qlty check --all locally; Cloud analyzes the whole default branch on a schedule

Scheduled / Continuous RescanYesCloud (pricing undocumented)

Default branch re-analyzed every 24 hours by default, frequency configurable, plus manual builds

Runtime / Production MonitoringNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

Analysis & detection

Every detection and code-analysis capability tracked for Qlty.

SASTYesFree (CLI)

Semgrep plus Bandit, Brakeman, PMD, radarlint analyzers and ESLint security rules

Taint / Data-Flow AnalysisNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

Secrets DetectionYesFree (CLI)

Gitleaks and TruffleHog plugins detect API keys, passwords and other committed secrets

Secrets ValidationNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

SCA (Dependencies)YesFree (CLI)

OSV-Scanner and Trivy cover npm, Maven, PyPI, NuGet, Conan, CocoaPods and Swift ecosystems

Reachability AnalysisNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

Malicious Package DetectionNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

License ComplianceNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

SBOM GenerationNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

IaC ScanningYesFree (CLI)

Trivy, Checkov, Hadolint, ShellCheck, TFLint, KubeLinter over Terraform, CloudFormation, Dockerfiles, Helm, Kubernetes

Container ScanningPartialFree (CLI)

Dockerfile linting via Hadolint and Trivy misconfiguration checks; no container image vulnerability scanning

Cloud Posture (CSPM)No
DAST / API ScanningNo
Code Smells & MaintainabilityYesFree (CLI)

Built-in Code Smells (Structure and Duplication) plus 70+ linter plugins across 14 documented languages

Complexity MetricsYesFree (CLI)

First-party cognitive complexity engine plus cyclomatic complexity at file, directory and project level

Duplication DetectionYesFree (CLI)

Rust/Tree-sitter fingerprinting engine detects identical and similar duplication, largest-match wins

Dead / Unused CodeYesFree (CLI)

dead_code issue category; Knip plugin for unused JavaScript and TypeScript code

Test Coverage TrackingYesCloud (pricing undocumented)

qlty coverage publish accepts lcov, cobertura, clover, jacoco, simplecov, coverprofile and a generic JSONL format

Diff / New-Code CoverageYesCloud (pricing undocumented)

Diff Coverage is the primary quality gate, with configurable minimum and minimum diff size

Architecture GovernancePartialCloud (pricing undocumented)

Components (path-glob groupings) and Applications aggregate metrics; no dependency or layering rule enforcement

Technical Debt QuantificationYesCloud (pricing undocumented)

Effort in remediation minutes, Technical Debt total, and Technical Debt Ratio using the COCOMO model

Behavioral Delivery AnalyticsYesCloud (pricing undocumented)

Hotspot score combines file change frequency with code interconnectedness to rank risky files.

AI Logic Bug DetectionNo
PR Summaries & WalkthroughsPartialCloud (pricing undocumented)

Summary comment lists new issues grouped by check and coverage per file; no AI narrative walkthrough

Custom Rule AuthoringYesFree (CLI)

ast-grep and Semgrep YAML rules plus ripgrep regex checks, with qlty.toml triage overrides

Autofix SuggestionsYesFree (CLI); AI Autofix per-workspace opt-in

Single-line Autofixes as GitHub suggestions; opt-in AI Autofixes via OpenAI, and qlty check --fix locally

Autofix via Agentic PRsNo
AI Triage / False-Positive FilteringPartial

Manual triage rules and ignore reasons; aggregated non-identifying data trains smart issue prioritization and grouping

Monorepo SupportYesFree (CLI)

Sandboxed per-plugin installs, prefix/package_file scoping, directory-scoped triage, differential analysis, directory-level UI

AI capabilities

AI Review EngineYesCloud, per-workspace opt-in

LLM powers opt-in AI autofixes and AI issue explanations alongside deterministic linter analysis.

BYO Model / BYOKNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

MCP ServerNo
AI Usage GovernanceNo

Not offered in vendor documentation reviewed as of 2026-09-05.

Chat With ReviewerNo
Learns From FeedbackYes

False-positive ignore reasons are recorded; aggregated issue data trains issue prioritization and grouping.

Code Excluded From TrainingYesBusiness customers only

Business customers' code is never trained on absent explicit opt-in; individual and open-source code may be.

Compliance & governance

Audit LogsYesEnterprise

Audit logs listed as Enterprise-only on the pricing comparison table

SSO / SAMLPartialCloud (pricing undocumented)

GitHub OAuth SSO only; no SAML, no password storage, no other identity providers documented

Role-Based Access ControlYesEnterprise

'Custom permissions' (RBAC) is Enterprise-only on the pricing comparison table

Compliance Reporting ExportsPartialFree (CLI)

qlty check --sarif output and raw coverage data download; no compliance or audit report exports

Certifications

SOC 2 Type II

Integrations

GitHubYes
GitHub Enterprise ServerNo
GitLabNo
GitLab Self-ManagedNo
BitbucketNo
Bitbucket Data CenterNo
Azure DevOpsNo
REST APIYes
CLIYes
WebhooksPartial

CI/CD systems

GitHub Actions (with OIDC)CircleCI (official Orb)Travis CIGitLab CIBuildkiteJenkinsBitriseSemaphoreCodefreshany CI provider meeting CLI system requirements

IDEs

Visual Studio Code

Issue trackers

GitHub Issues

Pricing & plans

$20/contributor/month billed annually ($24/contributor/month if billed monthly)

Minimum seats: None stated (volume discounts: 5% off at 100+ seats, 10% off at 200+ seats, annual only)

Trial: No trial period documented; the free-forever Free plan (unlimited repos & contributors) is the no-cost entry point

Free$0/monthThe best linting and auto-formatting for your PR workflow
  • Linting & auto-formatting
  • Code coverage
  • Maintainability & duplication
  • Security scanning (SAST, SCA), secrets scanning, IaC security, custom checks
  • Open, extensible Rust CLI
  • Unlimited public/private repositories and contributors
  • 1,000 analysis minutes/month
  • 100 AI autofixes/month
  • Community support
  • No accelerated analysis, REST API, monorepo support or trends/hotspots
  • No custom permissions or audit logs
  • Community support only
Pro$20/contributor/month billed annually ($24/contributor/month if billed monthly)Your complete, AI-powered code health platform
  • Everything from Free plus:
  • Shared configurations
  • Trends & hotspots (1 year of history)
  • Accelerated analysis
  • REST API
  • 20,000 analysis minutes/month
  • 5,000 AI autofixes/month
  • Web-based (email) support
  • No monorepo support, custom permissions or audit logs (Enterprise only)
  • 1 year of trend history vs 3 years on Enterprise
Enterprise$30/contributor/month billed annually ($36/contributor/month if billed monthly)Advanced capabilities for large organizations
  • Everything from Pro plus:
  • Monorepo support (per pricing page feature table)
  • Advanced analytics, 3 years of trend history, hotspots
  • Organization policies, custom permissions (RBAC), audit logs
  • Priority support with SLA, Slack support, named account manager
  • 75,000 analysis minutes/month
  • Manual/invoiced billing available at $10k+ annual spend
  • Additional analysis minutes at $0.01/minute pay-as-you-go
  • Volume discounts (5%/10%) only apply to annual purchases of 100+/200+ seats
  • Custom terms available only above $40k annual spend; no minimum seat count published otherwise

Who it's for

Notable strengths

  • One config file (qlty.toml) consolidates linting, SAST, SCA, secrets, CI/CD and IaC scanning plus coverage
  • Open-source CLI runs the same checks locally, in git hooks and in CI as Qlty Cloud runs on PRs
  • First-party Rust/Tree-sitter engines for cognitive complexity and identical/similar duplication, independent of plugins
  • Unusually deep coverage tooling: tags, carry-forward, client and server-side merging, --selection for selective testing, indirect-change diagnostics
  • Sandboxed per-plugin tool installation avoids version conflicts in heterogeneous monorepos
  • Custom Sources (Git repos) centralize plugin definitions, thresholds, exclusions and triage rules across many repositories
  • Documented security posture for AI Autofixes, including prompt-injection risk and a recommendation against unattended CI use
  • Published self-serve pricing for every tier (Free/Pro/Enterprise), including monthly and annual rates — unusual transparency versus quote-only competitors

Notable limitations

  • GitHub only: no GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps repository integration anywhere in the docs
  • Enterprise volume discounts (5%/10%) require 100+/200+ seats on an annual plan; custom/negotiated terms only above $40k annual spend
  • Authentication is GitHub SSO only (no SAML); RBAC ("custom permissions") and audit logs are gated to the Enterprise tier
  • For individual and open-source (free) users, source code may be used to train models; opt-out protection applies only to business customers
  • AI is limited to opt-in autofixes and issue explanations; no AI reviewer, PR walkthrough, chat or MCP server
  • Windows CLI support is contradictory in the docs (in development vs. supported); IDE support is a single unaddressed VS Code extension reference

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FAQ

When should you choose Qlty?

Qlty best fits Indie developers, Startups, Mid-market teams. One config file (qlty.toml) consolidates linting, SAST, SCA, secrets, CI/CD and IaC scanning plus coverage

What languages does Qlty support?

Qlty supports 15+ languages and frameworks, including C, C++, C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, PHP, Python, Ruby, and 5 more.

What does Qlty integrate with?

Qlty integrates with GitHub for source control, CI systems including GitHub Actions (with OIDC), CircleCI (official Orb), Travis CI, GitLab CI, Buildkite, and 5 more, and IDEs including Visual Studio Code.

What tools are similar to Qlty?

Similar Quality Platform tools tracked here include Codacy, CodeScene, DeepSource, SonarQube.

What are Qlty's plans and pricing?

Qlty offers a free tier, with paid plans starting around $20/contributor/mo.