Best Tarpaulin Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from test coverage tools ranked against Tarpaulin on the same published basis.
- 1Tarpaulin vs OpenClover
- 2Tarpaulin vs SimpleCov
- 3Tarpaulin vs BullseyeCoverage
- 4Tarpaulin vs cargo-llvm-cov
- 5Tarpaulin vs Coverage.py
- 6Tarpaulin vs Coveralls
- 7Tarpaulin vs Coverlet
- 8Tarpaulin vs EclEmma
- 9Tarpaulin vs gcov
- 10Tarpaulin vs gofmt
- 11Tarpaulin vs LLVM llvm-cov
- 12Tarpaulin vs Microsoft Code Coverage
- 13Tarpaulin vs MozJPEG
- 14Tarpaulin vs ReportGenerator
- 15Tarpaulin vs Codecov
- 16Tarpaulin vs c8
- 17Tarpaulin vs Kover
- 18Tarpaulin vs LCOV
- 19Tarpaulin vs JaCoCo
- 20Tarpaulin vs gcovr
Tarpaulin alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenClover | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | SimpleCov | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 3 | BullseyeCoverage | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 4 | cargo-llvm-cov | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 5 | Coverage.py | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 6 | Coveralls | 6.5 | Free plan | $10/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 7 | Coverlet | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 8 | EclEmma | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 9 | gcov | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 10 | gofmt | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | LLVM llvm-cov | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 12 | Microsoft Code Coverage | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 13 | MozJPEG | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 14 | ReportGenerator | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 15 | Codecov | 6.4 | Free plan | $5/mo | API, Browser, self-hosted, Web |
| 16 | c8 | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux |
| 17 | Kover | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux |
| 18 | LCOV | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted |
| 19 | JaCoCo | 6.2 | Free plan | Free | API |
| 20 | gcovr | 5.6 | Linux, Mac, Windows |
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Questions about Tarpaulin alternatives
What is the best alternative to Tarpaulin?
OpenClover, number 1 in test coverage tools with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: SimpleCov, BullseyeCoverage, cargo-llvm-cov and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Tarpaulin?
OpenClover is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 19 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.