Astrée

Spec sheet

Purpose

Astrée is a sound static analyzer designed to prove the absence of runtime errors and data races in C/C++ programs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Integrations

The maker describes CI/CD and DevOps integration, automatic AUTOSAR integration analysis from ARXML files, and a TargetLink coupling; release notes also mention an Astrée Jenkins plugin.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Security

The maker says connections between Astrée servers and clients are TLS-encrypted and external user authentication via OAuth 2.0/OIDC is supported.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Support

The maker's factsheet invites users to speak with a product specialist by phone and lists [email protected] as a contact email.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

License

Astrée is developed and distributed by AbsInt under license from CNRS/ENS.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Headquarters

Saarbrücken, GermanyRead 28 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Founded

1998Read 28 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Analysis features

Additional features include finding unreachable code and non-terminating loops, user-configurable taint analysis, and proving functional properties with static assertions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Analysis input

Astrée analyzes preprocessed C code and includes a preprocessor to handle that step if desired.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Analysis setup

Users can choose an analysis entry point, such as main, and Astrée analyzes code reachable from it.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Automation

The client provides a graphical interface and batch mode for automation and integration.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

C++ analysis

Release 24.10 says Astrée can report data races and deadlocks in C++ and mixed C/C++ analysis mode.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Client and server

Astrée has a client for setting up analyses and reviewing results, and a server where analyses run.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Code support

Astrée can analyze handwritten or automatically generated code without requiring the program to be instrumented, executed, or stimulated by test cases.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Configuration

Users can supply wrapper code and separate Astrée Annotation Language information to describe the execution environment or control analysis precision.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Coverage and precision

The maker says Astrée considers all possible data and function pointer targets and thread interleavings, provides 100% control and data coverage, and can be tuned to eliminate false alarms.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Defects detected

It detects issues including out-of-bounds array accesses, pointer errors, division by zero, arithmetic overflows, memory leaks, data races, inconsistent locking, and deadlocks.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Developer and distributor

The release notes state that Astrée is developed and distributed by AbsInt under license from CNRS and ENS.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Integration

Release 24.10 notes that the Astrée Jenkins plugin was updated.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Language standards

The product factsheet lists support for C90, C99, C11, C18, C++98, C++11, C++14, and C++17.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

License limits

The Astrée workflow page says the license file determines how many clients may access the server concurrently and how many analyses may run in parallel.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Results

Astrée reports possible run-time errors with their type and source-code location, and can classify an alarm as a definite run-time error when it proves it must occur in a given context.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Safety qualification

A Qualification Support Kit is available for automatic tool qualification, and the maker says Astrée can support verification objectives under standards including DO-178C and ISO 26262.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

SARIF export

Release 24.10 added export of analysis findings in SARIF format.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Scale

The maker reports that projects with more than 10 million lines of code have been analyzed successfully.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Supported systems

The product factsheet lists x86-64 Windows 10 or newer and x86-64 RHEL 9 or compatible as system requirements.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Transport security

Release 24.10 states that the tools use OpenSSL on all platforms and describes a TLS-encrypted connection between the client and License Manager introduced in release 23.10.Read 30 Sep 2026 · absint.com

Where Specifiction places it

• C and C++ Static Analysis Tools#11 of 257.8