Alternatives to Frama-C

Lean

Lean suits programmers, theorem provers, and mathematicians working on formalization or verification.

Rocq

Rocq suits people developing or teaching formal proofs and specifications in mathematics, computer science and related areas.

PVS suits users formalizing mathematics or verifying hardware and algorithms.

Alloy Analyzer

Alloy suits people modeling systems with constraints or changing states, including security configurations and network topologies.

Boogie suits developers and researchers building verifiers for other languages or checking contracts through Boogie input.

CBMC suits developers verifying C or C++ programs, including teams incorporating checks into continuous integration.

HOL4 suits users proving theorems or developing proof tools in higher-order logic, especially those combining deduction, execution, and property checking.

CPAchecker suits users verifying software in C or SV-LIB who can run a self-hosted tool.

Why3 suits developers and verification practitioners working with program specifications and deductive proofs.

Isabelle suits users formalizing mathematics or verifying hardware, software, programming languages, and protocols.

NuSMV suits engineers verifying finite-state industrial designs and researchers working on formal verification.

PRISM suits people analysing probabilistic system models, including models with costs, rewards, or temporal properties.

It suits developers and researchers specifying and checking asynchronous or distributed systems with Promela.

Z3 suits developers and researchers working on theorem proving, software verification, or analysis.

It suits researchers and engineers assembling verification workflows for C or LLVM-based programs.

UPPAAL suits researchers, students, and engineers analyzing timing-critical controllers or communication protocols.