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Comparison

Clippy vs PHPStan

No leader: the top candidate Clippy has only 0.31 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Clippy66
PHPStan53
Score
Vioscale score
Clippy66 / 100low · 31%updating
PHPStan53 / 100medium · 53%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Clippy✓
PHPStan✓
Model
Clippyopen_source
PHPStanfreemium
Price level
Clippyfree
PHPStanlow
Transparent
Clippy–
PHPStan✗
Integrations
Count
Clippy–
PHPStan3
Security
Gdpr
Clippy–
PHPStan✓
Scorecard
Clippy7.1
PHPStan4.9
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Clippy256
PHPStan0
Github stars
Clippy116,179
PHPStan14,082
Activity
Commits last 30d
Clippy100
PHPStan100
Release
Cadence days
Clippy30
PHPStan2
History
Clippy20 items
PHPStan20 items
License
Spdx
ClippyApache-2.0
PHPStanMIT
Language
Primary
ClippyRust
PHPStanPHP
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for code quality tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Function
ClippyLinter
PHPStanStatic analyzer
Language scope
ClippySingle-language
PHPStanSingle-language
Implementation language
ClippyRust
PHPStanPHP
Capability
Autofix
Clippy-
PHPStan✗
Config
Config model
Clippy-
PHPStanConfig file
Extensibility
Custom rules
Clippy-
PHPStan✓
Deployment
Deployment
ClippyCLI-local
PHPStan-
Delivery
Editor integration
Clippy-
PHPStan✓
CI / VCS gating
Clippy-
PHPStan✓
Insight
Code metrics
Clippy-
PHPStan-
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
Clippy-
PHPStan✓
Licensing
Open-source
ClippyOSS
PHPStanOSS
Commercial
Pricing model
ClippyFree
PHPStanFree

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Clippy

Clippy provides over 800 lints organized into configurable categories to catch common mistakes and improve Rust code quality. Lints are categorized by severity (correctness, suspicious, style, complexity, performance) and can be enabled or disabled individually.

Independently observed

PHPStan

PHPStan is a static analysis tool for PHP that scans codebases to find bugs before they reach production. It offers both a free open-source version and a paid Pro tier with a web UI and continuous background analysis.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Clippy

Open source
as of verify ↗

PHPStan

HybridFree tier

Free open-source tier; Pro subscription available at undisclosed pricing

  • PHPStan (Free)Free
    • Bug detection
    • CLI interface
    • CI integration
    • Rule levels 0-10
    • Custom rules support
  • PHPStan ProSubscription required; exact pricing not disclosed
    • Web UI instead of CLI
    • Auto-refresh
    • Continuous background analysis
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Clippy✗
PHPStan✓
CLI
Clippy✓
PHPStan✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Clippy–
PHPStan✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Clippy

Not documented yet.

PHPStan

3 total
  • Symfony
  • Laravel
  • Doctrine
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.