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CodeLimit

Your Refactoring Alarm

No developer writes unmaintainable code on purpose, yet a lot of code is unmaintainable.

How does that happen?

Actually, most code start out easy, but over time it becomes harder to maintain, until it's unmaintainable.

How to prevent unmaintainable code?

The best way to prevent unmaintainable code is to refactor it before it becomes unmaintainable.

Developers can make simple things complex, like unmaintainable code, but they are much better at making complex things simple. Refactoring makes complex code simple again.

But when to refactor? How much to refactor? What to refactor? That's where CodeLimit comes in.

Meet CodeLimit

CodeLimit is a tool for developers with one goal: it tells the developer when it’s time to refactor.

Key features and design principles

  • A non-controversial code metric: Most developers agree longer functions are harder to maintain
  • Actionable results: There's always a refactoring possible to make functions smaller
  • Runs everywhere: Fits your development workflow, whether it's in a build pipeline, a pre-commit hook, or standalone
  • Covers many languages: A single tool for all your projects
  • Sane defaults: Zero configuration, but allows customization
  • Low threshold to get started: Can only check new or modified code, so even if you have a backlog of technical debt, you can start using CodeLimit today

Next steps

Go to the Getting Started section to start using CodeLimit, or read more about the function length metric.