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Comparison

Clippy vs Qlty

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
Qlty52
Score
Vioscale score
Clippy66 / 100low · 31%
Qlty52 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Clippy✓
Qlty✓
Model
Price level
Clippyfree
Qltymid
Transparent
Clippy–
Qlty✓
Integrations
Count
Clippy–
Qlty6
Security
Scorecard
Clippy7.1
Qlty–
Soc2
Clippy–
Qlty✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Clippy–
Qlty✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Clippy256
Qlty0
Github stars
Clippy116,179
Qlty3,130
Activity
Commits last 30d
Clippy100
Qlty9
Release
Cadence days
Clippy30
Qlty4
History
License
Spdx
ClippyApache-2.0
Qlty–
Language
Primary
ClippyRust
QltyRust
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Function
ClippyLinter
QltyQuality platform
Language scope
ClippySingle-language
QltyMulti-language
Implementation language
ClippyRust
QltyRust
Capability
Autofix
Clippy-
Qlty✓
Config
Config model
Clippy-
QltyConfig file
Extensibility
Custom rules
Clippy-
Qlty✓
Deployment
Deployment
ClippyCLI-local
QltyBoth
Delivery
Editor integration
Clippy-
Qlty✓
CI / VCS gating
Clippy-
Qlty✓
Insight
Code metrics
Clippy-
Qlty✓
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
Clippy-
Qlty✓
Licensing
Open-source
ClippyOSS
QltyOpen-core
Commercial
Pricing model
ClippyFree
QltyPer-contributor

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

Qlty

A code quality platform that automatically analyzes pull requests for linting, formatting, security issues, and code coverage with AI-generated fixes. Supports 40+ languages and integrates with GitHub, IDEs, and CI systems.

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 ↗

Qlty

from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free plan available. Pro from $20/contributor/month. Enterprise from $30/contributor/month. Annual plans include 2 months free.

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited public and private repositories
    • Unlimited contributors
    • 1,000 analysis minutes per month
    • 100 AI autofixes per month
    • Linting and auto-formatting
    • +8 more
  • Pro$20/contributor/month. Annual billing includes 2 months free.
    • Everything in Free, plus:
    • Shared configurations
    • Trends and hotspots
    • 1 year of history
    • Accelerated analysis
    • +6 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Pro, plus:
    • Advanced analytics
    • Organization policies
    • Custom permissions
    • Audit logs
    • +9 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Clippy✗
Qlty✓
macOS
Clippy✗
Qlty✓
Windows
Clippy✗
Qlty✓
Linux
Clippy✗
Qlty✓
CLI
Clippy✓
Qlty✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Clippy–
Qlty✓

Integrations

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

Clippy

Not documented yet.

Qlty

6 total
  • GitHub
  • Visual Studio Code
  • GitHub Actions
  • CircleCI
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
Independently observed

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