Why Sonar

The independent code verification layer

Sonar provides the automated code review and deterministic verification layer to ensure AI-generated code meets the highest standards of reliability and security.

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Trusted by over 7M developers and 75% of the Fortune 100
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Cloud and Server

Same verification. Run it where your code lives.

Verify AI and human code the same way, with Sonar hosting it or inside your own perimeter. Pick the deployment that fits your security and compliance needs.

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SonarQube Cloud: fully managed by Sonar

Verification that runs and maintains itself, so your team spends its time on code, not infrastructure.

  • Start verifying code today. Connect a repo and the quality gate is live the same day, with no servers to run.
  • Stay current without upgrade projects. New rules and AI-code checks arrive automatically, so your gate never lags the code being written.
  • Keep your team shipping. Sonar runs and maintains it.
Best forTeams that want verification live this week
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Self-Hosted

SonarQube Server: self-managed inside your perimeter

The same verification on infrastructure you control, built for teams that must keep code and findings in-house.

  • Keep code and findings inside your perimeter. Runs on your infrastructure, including air-gapped, so residency and privacy rules are met by design.
  • Fit verification to your enterprise. Custom configuration and integrations match how your org already governs releases.
  • Prove every merge decision to auditors. The same time-stamped, traceable quality-gate evidence, on your terms.
Best forRegulated teams that must self-host
MaintenanceYou control upgrades and infrastructure
In both

Same systematic code analysis, same quality gates, same evidence.

Core capabilities

Comprehensive code quality, security, and governance features designed for modern engineering teams.

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Automated code reviews

Systematically review all code for bugs, security vulnerabilities, and stylistic errors without human intervention. 

  • Real-time and continuous feedback 
  • Code assurance for verifying AI-generated code 
  • Pull request (PR) decoration and branch analysis
  • AI-native IDEs, MCP Server, CI/CD, and DevOps integration 
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Code quality analysis

Comprehensive code quality assessment to maintain high-quality, reliable, maintainable codebases.

  • Comprehensive and deep systematic  code analysis
  • Consistent, deterministic, and idempotent
  • Breadth, depth, and accurate analysis for 40+ languages 
  • Finds bugs, code smells, and technical debt
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Code security analysis

All-in-one comprehensive and accurate code scanning to identify vulnerabilities and security risks. 

  • SAST, taint analysis, secrets detection, IaC scanning
  • Mobile Application Security Testing (MAST)
  • Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (needs in SonarQube Advanced Security)
  • Security reports, dashboards, and posture rating
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Architecture management

Automatically visualizes and enforces your system design, ensuring that human and AI-generated code adhere to a modular, maintainable framework. 

  • Architecture discovery 
  • Architecture visualization 
  • Define intended architecture
  • Automated architectural reviews
  • In-workflow issues management
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Remediation

LLM-powered, context-aware fix suggestions for issues detected by SonarQube. One-click remediation directly in your IDE or PR workflow.

  • Instant AI-generated context-aware fixes
  • IDE integration with AI CodeFix
  • Bring your OpenAI model in SonarQube Server
  • SonarQube Remediation Agent (beta) with automatic verification of fixes
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Secrets detection

Identify and prevent exposure of sensitive credentials, API keys, and secrets. Real-time detection of secrets in IDEs, commits, and pull requests. 

  • Hardcoded password detection
  • API  and private key detection
  • OAuth token detection
  • Cloud provider secret detection (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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Software composition analysis (SCA)

SCA automatically identifies third-party open source components to manage security vulnerabilities, license compliance, and supply chain risks

  • Vulnerability (CVE) detection, license policy, and SBOM 
  • Severity scores: CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 
  • Data from EPSS and KEV 
  • Malicious package detection
  • Open source maintainer network insights for supply chain security
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IaC scanning

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security analysis for detecting risks, and misconfigurations in infrastructure templates.

  • Multi-cloud IaC support
  • Security misconfiguration detection
  • Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager
  • Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and Ansible
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Mobile application security (MAST)

Find and fix bugs, vulnerabilities, and quality issues in your Android and iOS apps before they hit the app store. 

  • Native iOS: Swift and Objective-C.
  • Native Android: Kotlin and Java.
  • Cross-Platform: Dart/Flutter and JavaScript/TypeScript 
  • OWASP Mobile Top 10 reports
  • IDE support for early detection of issues
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SAST and Taint analysis

Advanced data-flow analysis that tracks untrusted input through your codebase to identify injection vulnerabilities. 

  • Cross-file data-flow tracking
  • Lexical analysis
  • Syntax and control flow analysis
  • Injection vulnerability detection
  • Sanitization validation
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Open source license management

License compliance tracking for open-source dependencies. Identify license conflicts, ensure policy compliance, and manage legal risks.

  • Automated enforcement in PRs 
  • License detection & categorization
  • Policy violation alerts
  • Compliance reporting
  • Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
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CI/CD integration

Scanners and plugins for all major CI/CD and DevOps platforms for automated quality checks. Features include:

  • Jenkins 
  • GitHub Actions 
  • GitLab CI 
  • Azure DevOps 
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Project & portfolio management

High-level visibility and aggregated data across all projects, allowing leaders to monitor risk, track compliance, and ensure coding standards. Features include:

  • Multi-project dashboard
  • Portfolio view
  • Project tagging & categorization
  • Monorepo support
  • Historical trend analysis, custom metrics and KPIs, reporting
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Governance & compliance

Provides centralized oversight and reporting necessary to enforce regulatory standards and corporate security policies across your organization. Features include:

  • Quality gate, quality profile definition & enforcement
  • Regulatory Compliance Reporting (PCI-DSS, OWASP, MISRA, etc.)
  • Audit trail, activity logs, and dashboards
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • License compliance tracking
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Reporting & analytics

Provides actionable insights and automated reports to monitor trends, evaluate risk, and drive data-backed decisions across the organization. Features include:

  • Executive summary reports
  • Dashboards
  • Detailed Issue Reports
  • Trend analysis & charts
  • Scheduled reports

Enterprise-ready platform

All capabilities run on both SonarQube Server (self-hosted) and SonarQube Cloud (SaaS) with enterprise features including RBAC, LDAP/SAML integration, audit logs, and portfolio management for organization-wide governance.

The complete platform for every need

The standard for code quality and security

AI Code Assurance: Vibe, then verify

Harness the speed of AI coding assistants while ensuring every line meets your quality and security standards. Trust, but verify.

Languages

45+ languages & frameworks

Apply consistent code quality and security standards across your entire technology stack from legacy mainframes to modern cloud-native applications.

Supported IDEs

Cursor, Windsurf, Kiro, VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, Visual Studio, PyCharm, WebStorm, Android Studio, Xcode, Rider, CLion, PhpStorm, and more.

CI/CD Integrations

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Pipelines, CircleCI, Travis CI, Bamboo, TeamCity.

Get Started with Sonar

Choose the edition that fits your needs. From free Community Edition to enterprise-grade solutions.

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