We closed down the CppCat project. The world didn't understand the value of our idea. We sold only a few licenses, and these were mainly to people who knew us because of PVS-Studio. De facto, we lost several of our PVS-Studio clients, whom we had to talk into going back to PVS-Studio later, which was a difficult thing to do. A low price, cool and simple interface, even the cat logo, didn't help. (Programmers are supposed to love cats, right?) Of course, we probably just cannot sell cheap tools. That was our one and a half year experiment, and we aren't going back to it.

Static code analysis for C# code in PVS-Studio 6.00 (more than 40 diagnostics).

Visual Studio 2017 support.

We added the integration with Jenkins.

You can save analysis results in the HTML format with full navigation along the code. This enables working with PVS-Studio reports on computers without full deployment of the entire codebase.

In PVS-Studio 7.00, the analyzer for Java has appeared. The first version already included 66 diagnostics. The analyzer was designed not from scratch. We've taken the logic of the C++ analyzer and formed it into a separate library. After that we used it with the Java parser. Thus the first version of the analyzer adopted the best practices of more that ten years of experience of developing static code analyzers. We made plugins for Maven, Gradle, IntelliJ IDEA and SonarQube for users. You can run the analyzer on three platforms: Windows, Linux and macOS.

2018 year has became the year of conferences for us. During this year, there were about 23 of them which is a record for us so far. We had talks, meetups and workshops on some of them or had booths and just listened to someone's talks during the other ones. Some conferences required doing all of this. Sure, we had participated in various activities of different levels before, but not that actively, as we do now. Here is the link to our review article with the list of conferences and videos of talks.

On all platforms, we moved to the same trial option: a request of a one-week key from the site. Without the key the program is not fully functional. At the conferences we provide temporary keys for a month. In addition to a couple program runs, within one month a person can introduce the tool into the development process to see how the product performs in daily use.

Visual Studio 2019 support.

In PVS-Studio 7.08 it is now possible to run the C# analyzer on Linux and macOS. Another significant feature in this release is the PVS-Studio plugin for JetBrains Rider. It will allow C# developers to conveniently use the analyzer on all basic platforms.

PVS-Studio is included into the "Now Tech: Static Application Security Testing, Q3 2020" report as a SAST-specialized tool. Forrester Research is a leader in researching how innovative technologies affect business. The research report is available for purchase to Forrester Research subscribers and clients.

We continue to develop PVS-Studio as a SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tool. As a new step in this direction, we started working towards supporting the following standards: OWASP ASVS and AUTOSAR C++14 Coding Guidelines. Our website lists rules that correspond to OWASP ASVS and AUTOSAR C++14 Coding Guidelines.

PVS-Studio now provides mapping for its diagnostic rules to the list of most common security threats OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks. This list is based on the general opinion of security experts from around the world. This rating helps developers and security experts find and eliminate security risks in their applications.

The PVS-Studio analyzer was included into the Russian software registry.

The PVS-Studio C# analyzer now supports .NET 5 projects. Microsoft is positioning .NET as a unified platform for cross-platform development and as a primary platform it will focus on in the future. .NET 5 is the first implementation of this platform. To learn more about .NET 5 support, see our blog.