Side by side

Clover vs LCOV

Both stand on code coverage tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

LCOV offers detailed coverage reporting and filtering for supported codebases, with HTML and .info output. Installation requires Perl and related packages, while the optional XS extension has an additional compiler requirement.

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The facts

	Clover	LCOV
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Not published	Linux, Self-hosted
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Free or on request
Plans published	None	1
Maker	Atlassian	Not published
Website	atlassian.com	github.com
On code coverage tools	#8 of 10	#4 of 10

Clover: what it does well

LCOV: what it does well

HTML reports include colored rates, graphs, and hyperlinks
Supports differential coverage reporting
Can filter code and compiler-generated branch artifacts
Parallel processing can use multiple cores
GPL-2.0 licensed and free

What to know first

Linux platform only
Requires Perl and multiple Perl packages
Optional XS extension requires a C++20-capable compiler

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