Is it possible to use CodeQL to replace code quality tools like SonarQube or Codacy?

[phillips-tech]

CodeQL is specifically geared toward security analysis, but it seems that the tool should be able to do things like detecting "code smells" like SonarQube. Do any sufficient query packs like this exist? A corollary - where can one find published CodeQL query packs other than those provided by GitHub?

[carogalvin]

@phillips-tech

👋 PM with the code scanning team at GitHub here. Are you using our GitHub Advanced Security suite of tools or CodeQL independently today? We're starting explorations into the area of code quality and would be interested in speaking with you more about your needs here. If you're interested, please feel free to grab a spot on my calendar here: https://calendar.app.google/1wcXpbxvSVYYzmCi8

[carogalvin]

Looking forward to it, see you then!

[tvalenta]

hi @carogalvin - I've got the same question and would be interested in chatting if you need additional use cases.

[carogalvin]

@tvalenta absolutely, please feel free to book a spot on my calendar here: https://calendar.app.google/qBKmsgLHjDQfiQNx8

[matt-buchanan]

Hi Caro - appreciate this was posted some months ago. This topic has come up recently in my org - are you still looking for discussion/input on this?

[carogalvin]

@matt-buchanan yes! The link I posted above for my calendar is still active (next week I'm out at Black Hat so availability may be limited until the week of the 11th).