| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Linters | 7.6 (#23) | 7.9 (#12) |
| Installation | Clippy is usually included with rustup toolchains and can be added with `rustup component add clippy`; the minimal profile does not install it automatically. | The project recommends installing the cpplint package from PyPI and documents installation as a uv tool. |
| License | The Clippy repository is licensed under either Apache License 2.0 or MIT, at the licensee's option. | The package is distributed under the BSD-3-Clause license. |
| Purpose | Clippy is a collection of lints that catches common mistakes and improves Rust code. | Cpplint is a command-line tool that checks C/C++ files for style issues according to Google’s C++ style guide. |
| Support | The Clippy contribution guide directs people with questions to GitHub issues or the #t-clippy Zulip stream. | The repository identifies maintainers and provides GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions, and contribution guidance. |