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Coverity is a brand of software development products from Synopsys, consisting primarily of static code analysis and dynamic code analysis tools.

Products
Coverity Code Advisor is a static code analysis tool for C, C++, C#, Java, and JavaScript. It is derived from the Stanford Checker, a research tool for finding bugs through static analysis .

Coverity Code Advisor on Demand is a cloud hosted version of Coverity Code Advisor.

Coverity Scan is a free cloud-based static analysis product for the open source community. The tool now analyzes over 4000 open source projects.

Coverity Test Advisor is a series of products aimed at identifying weaknesses in a project software testing.

Seeker is an interactive application security testing product.

History
Coverity was founded in the Computer Systems Laboratory at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California and with headquarters in San Francisco.

In June 2008, Coverity acquired Solidware Technologies.

In February 2014, Coverity announced an agreement to be acquired by Synopsys, an electronic design automation company, for $350 million net of cash on hand.