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PMD is a powerful static code analysis tool designed to help developers identify potential issues in their Java, JavaScript, and other programming languages. Created by David Dixon-Peugh, PMD excels at detecting code smells, bugs, and security vulnerabilities, promoting best practices and maintainable code. Its customizable rulesets and integration with popular IDEs streamline the development process, making it an essential tool for teams aiming to enhance code quality and reduce technical debt. ...

Author David Dixon-Peugh
Released 2026-03-06
Filesize 67.90 MB
Downloads 2697
OS Windows 11, Windows 10 32/64 bit, Windows 8 32/64 bit, Windows 7 32/64 bit
Installation Instal And Uninstall
Keywords PMD, duplicate code checker, Java source checker, check java code, checker, syntax, development, source code
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PMDOtherWindows 11, Windows 10 32/64 bit, Windows 8 32/64 bit, Windows 7 32/64 bit
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7.22.0 Mar 1, 2026 New Release New and noteworthy:
Security fixes:
This release fixes a stored XSS vulnerability in VBHTMLRenderer and YAHTMLRenderer via unescaped violation messages.
Affects CI/CD pipelines that run PMD with --format vbhtml or --format yahtml on untrusted source code
(e.g. pull requests from external contributors) and expose the HTML report as a build artifact.
JavaScript executes in the browser context of anyone who opens the report.
Note: The default html format is not affected by unescaped violation messages, but a similar problem
existed with suppressed violation markers.
If you use these reports, it is recommended to upgrade PMD.
Reported by Smaran Chand (@smaranchand).
New and Changed Rules:
New Rules:
The new Java rule UnnecessaryInterfaceDeclaration detects classes that
implement interfaces that are already implemented by its superclass, and interfaces
that extend other interfaces already declared by their superinterfaces.
These declarations are redundant and can be removed to simplify the code.
Changed Rules:
The rule CloseResource introduces a new property, allowedResourceMethodPatterns,
which lets you specify method invocation patterns whose return values are resources managed externally.
This is useful for ignoring managed resources - for example, Reader/Writer instances obtained from
HttpServletRequest/HttpServletResponse - because the servlet container, not application code,
is responsible for closing them. By default, the rule ignores InputStream/OutputStream/Reader/Writer
resources returned by methods on (Http)ServletRequest and (Http)ServletResponse
(both javax.servlet and jakarta.servlet).
Fixed Issues:
core:
6471: [core] BaseAntlrTerminalNode should return type instead of index for getTokenKind()
6475: [core] Fix stored XSS in VBHTMLRenderer and YAHTMLRenderer
doc:
6396: [doc] Mention test-pmd-tool as alternative for testing
java-bestpractices:
6431: [java] UnitTestShouldIncludeAssert: False positive with SoftAssertionsExtension on parent/grandparent classes
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7.15.0 Jul 23, 2025 New Release New and noteworthy:
New Rules:
The new Apex rule AvoidBooleanMethodParameters finds methods that take a
boolean parameter. This can make method calls difficult to understand and maintain as the method is clearly
doing two things.
Fixed Issues:
apex-design:
5427: [apex] New Rule: Avoid Boolean Method Parameters
apex-security:
5788: [apex] ApexCRUDViolation unable to detect insecure SOQL if it is a direct input argument
doc:
5790: [doc] Website rule reference pages are returning 404
java-bestpractices:
5785: [java] UnusedPrivateField doesn't play well with UnnecessaryWarningSuppression
5793: [java] NonExhaustiveSwitch fails on exhaustive switch with sealed class
java-codestyle:
1639: [java] UnnecessaryImport false positive for multiline @link Javadoc
2304: [java] UnnecessaryImport false positive for on-demand imports in JavaDoc
5832: [java] UnnecessaryImport false positive for multiline @see Javadoc
java-design:
5804: [java] UselessOverridingMethod doesn't play well with UnnecessarySuppressWarning
API Changes:
Rule Test Schema:
The rule test schema has been extended to support verifying suppressed violations.
See Testing your rules for more information.
7.14.0 Jun 18, 2025 New Release New and noteworthy:
PMD CLI now uses threaded execution by default:
In the PMD CLI, the --threads (-t) option can now accept a thread count given relative to the number of cores of the machine. For instance, it is now possible to write -t 1C to spawn one thread per core, or -t 0.5C to spawn one thread for every other core.
The thread count option now defaults to 1C, meaning parallel execution is used by default. You can disable this by using -t 1.
New Rule UnnecessaryWarningSuppression (experimental) ???
This new Java rule UnnecessaryWarningSuppression reports unused suppression annotations and comments. Violations of this rule cannot be suppressed.
How to use it? Just include it in your ruleset:
<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UnnecessaryWarningSuppression" />
Note: This rule is currently experimental. It is available for now only for Java. The rule for now only reports annotations specific to PMD, like @SuppressWarnings("PMD"). In the future we might be able to check for other common ones like @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") or "fallthrough". Since violations of this rule cannot be suppressed, we opted here on the side of false-negatives and don’t report every unused case yet. However, suppressing specific PMD rules is working as expected.
Migrating to Central Publisher Portal:
We’ve now migrated to Central Publisher Portal. Snapshots of PMD are still available, however the repository URL changed. To consume these with maven, you can use the following snippet:
<repositories>
<repository>
<name>Central Portal Snapshots</name>
<id>central-portal-snapshots</id>
<url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
<releases>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
Releases of PMD are available on Maven Central as

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