Software development analytics tools—sometimes referred to as Git analytics tools—provide high-level insights into development progress using historical data. Development team leads and managers can see information around bottlenecks, end-of-day or end-of-week progress, what areas of code get the most attention, trends, and more. This data can help teams improve efficiency and create quality results more quickly.
Because software development analytics tools are managerially aimed and focused on high-level metrics, you’re most likely to see them used alongside product management software and other analytics tools. These tools should integrate with source code management software as well.
To qualify for inclusion in the Software Development Analytics Tools category, a product must:
Integrate with one or more code repositories
Consolidate a development team’s historical progress data in one place
Highlight trends, important statistics, and KPIs