Creedengo Android Java
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Creedengo Android Java
Creedengo is a collective project aiming to reduce the environmental footprint of software at the code level. This repository hosts the Android-focused plugin, originally released as ecoCode android and now branded as Creedengo Android Java.
It provides static code analyzers to highlight code structures that may have a negative ecological impact: energy over-consumption, "fatware", shortening devices' lifespan, etc.
The project is based on an evolving catalog of best practices for Android. A SonarQube plugin implements this catalog as rules for scanning native Android projects written in Java only.
Resources:
- Complete presentation (FR)
- Presentation in a nutshell
- Hands-on tutorial (FR, ecoCode name)
🌿 SonarQube plugin

The custom GUI above is reserved to educational purpose only.
This plugin targets:
- Android Java source code
- Android XML configurations
- Gradle build files (Groovy)
🚀 Quickstart
A SonarQube container image with Creedengo Android Java embedded exists!
docker run -ti --rm \
-v sq_creedengo_android_logs:/opt/sonarqube/logs \
-v sq_creedengo_android_data:/opt/sonarqube/data \
-p 9000:9000 \
--name sonarqube-creedengo-android \
ghcr.io/green-code-initiative/sonarqube-creedengo-android:latest
Wait a little bit during first start initialization, and go to http://localhost:9000. Default credentials are admin/admin
🛒 Distribution
Ready to use binaries are available from GitHub.
🧩 Plugins version compatibility
| Plugins Version | SonarQube version |
|---|---|
| 0.0.+ | SonarQube 8.9.+ LTS to 9.3 |
| 0.1.+ | SonarQube 9.4.+ LTS to 9.9 |
| 1.0.+ | SonarQube 9.4.+ LTS to 9.9 |
| 1.1.+ | SonarQube 9.4.+ LTS to 10.3 |
| 2.0.+ | SonarQube 9.4.+ LTS to 13.6 |
☕ Plugin Java part compatibility
| Plugins Version | Java version |
|---|---|
| 0.0.+ | 11 / 17 |
| 0.1.+ | 11 / 17 |
| 1.0.+ | 11 / 17 |
| 1.1.+ | 11 / 17 |
🤝 Contributing
Have an idea or want to help? We welcome contributions. See CONTRIBUTING.md and the related guides.
🤝 Partners
📢 Cite this work
If you use Creedengo (formerly ecocode) in an academic work we would be really glad if you cite our seminal paper using the following bibtex entry:
@inproceedings{10.1145/3551349.3559518,
author = {Le Goaer, Olivier and Hertout, Julien},
title = {ecoCode: A SonarQube Plugin to Remove Energy Smells from Android Projects},
year = {2023},
isbn = {9781450394758},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3551349.3559518},
doi = {10.1145/3551349.3559518},
booktitle = {37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering},
articleno = {157},
numpages = {4},
keywords = {android, energy, smells, debt, quality, battery},
location = {Rochester, MI, USA},
series = {ASE22}
}



