Code Climate graded your code. Codeward fixes the reasons it got a C.
Code Climate's Quality product became Qlty. If you are re-evaluating after the change, here is how Codeward compares.
Unlike traditional AI review tools that spam pull requests with unverified comments, Codeward executes real tests inside isolated Firecracker microVMs before opening a fix. Only verified, non-breaking code reaches your repository (86.3% merge acceptance rate).
Use Qlty (the Code Climate successor) if you want a lightweight maintainability grader and a free multi-language linter CLI with 70+ bundled tools. Use Codeward if you want AI agents, sandbox execution, security and compliance checks and merge gating in addition to maintainability tracking.
| Feature | Code Climate (now Qlty) | Codeward |
|---|---|---|
| Maintainability grading | ✔ core strength | ✔ health score |
| Duplication and complexity | ✔ | ✔ AST-based |
| Test coverage in PRs | ✔ | ✕ not a focus; flaky-test reruns instead |
| Free CLI that runs locally | ✔ Qlty CLI, 70+ linters | ✕ (VS Code extension on roadmap) |
| AI PR review | Limited | ✔ |
| Security scanning | Via plugins (Trivy, osv-scanner) | ✔ native, 18 checks |
| Sandbox execution | ✕ | ✔ |
| AI-generated fixes | ✕ | ✔ verified diffs |
| Compliance checks | ✕ | ✔ |
| Product momentum | Qlty is new (since Dec 2024); Velocity sunset | Active development |
| Self-host / open source | CLI open; cloud proprietary | ✔ full platform |
If you only ever wanted grades and coverage in PRs, Qlty is the nearest like-for-like migration from Code Climate, built by the same founding team, and its CLI is free for commercial use.
Codeward is a larger step: it reasons about code, runs it and proposes tested fixes. Choose it if grading alone has not reduced your debt.
Qlty: CLI free; Qlty Cloud has a free tier and paid plans (check qlty.sh for current limits). Codeward: open source; cloud pricing at codeward.cloud.
Code Climate Quality was spun off as Qlty, and Velocity was sunset. Check codeclimate.com and qlty.sh for current service terms.
Not automatically. Codeward does not read .codeclimate.yml. Qlty provides a migration command for its own format.
It provides a repository health score and trends rather than letter grades.
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