How to Run JetBrains Qodana for Docker‑Based Code Quality Checks

JetBrains is developing Qodana, a code‑quality inspection tool that brings the smart code checks of JetBrains IDEs into CI/CD pipelines. It can identify errors, security vulnerabilities, duplicates, and defects, offering remediation suggestions to improve code structure, comply with standards, and address performance issues.

This tool can be seen as JetBrains' version of SonarQube.

Service Forms

Qodana is currently in early development with a preview version, and will eventually be offered in several forms:

Docker images for any CI tool

GitHub Actions

Standalone Qodana App

TeamCity plugin

Cloud service

Supported Languages

At present Qodana supports PHP, Java, and Kotlin projects, and will later support all languages and technologies under the JetBrains IDE family.

Qodana Trial

First, pull the Docker image (latest version): docker pull jetbrains/qodana Run a temporary Docker container to analyze local code:

docker run --rm -it -v <source-directory>/:/data/project/ -p 8080:8080 jetbrains/qodana --show-report

Replace source-directory with the root of your project. For example, to scan a local Spring Boot project:

docker run --rm -it -v c:\Users\felord\IdeaProjects\payment-spring-boot:/data/project/ -p 8080:8080 jetbrains/qodana --show-report

After scanning, a report is generated and can be opened in a browser at http://localhost:8080.