troessner/reek

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Reek is a code smell detector for Ruby that examines classes, modules, and methods and reports code smells like uncommunicative names, long methods, and feature envy. It is distributed as a Ruby gem with a CLI, configurable via YAML, and supports editor and CI integrations.

Use cases

• detect code smells in ruby code
• find uncommunicative variable and method names
• lint ruby project for design issues
• enforce code quality in ruby CI pipeline
• identify long methods and feature envy
• generate a todo list of existing smells before refactoring

When to choose

• you maintain a Ruby or Rails codebase and want automated design-quality feedback
• you want a configurable smell detector with todo-list support for legacy code
• you need editor or CI integration for Ruby static analysis

When to avoid

• you need linting for languages other than Ruby
• you only want style/formatting checks rather than design smells (use RuboCop's formatter instead)
• you need type checking or runtime analysis

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

linter parser developer-tools developer-tools testing programming-languages ruby cli cross-platform code-smells static-analysis ruby-gem code-quality refactoring

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