# Checkstyle | Knowledge Base | Instagit

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## Repositories

### [checkstyle](/checkstyle/checkstyle)

Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. By default it supports the Google Java Style Guide and Sun Code Conventions, but is highly configurable. It can be invoked with an ANT task and a command line program.

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