PVS-Studio free for open source — what you get and how to apply

Free one-year PVS-Studio static analyzer license (C, C++, C#, Java) for a non-commercial open source project; one license per project, renewable annually.

Eligibility: for the project; non-commercial only; Project must be a personal creative endeavor; commercial projects, organization-developed projects (with financing or hired developers), and mirrors/forks are excluded. Requires adding PVS-Studio credit markup to the project's README.md and mentioning PVS-Studio in commits that fix issues it found.

How to apply: Add the required PVS-Studio markup to README.md, then fill out the application form on the offer page.

last verified 2026-07-07