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gcovr vs LCOV: catalog facts
gcovr	LCOV
Free Free and open source; the project is distributed under a BSD-style license.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Produces text, HTML and machine-readable coverage reports Supports formats including Cobertura, JaCoCo, LCOV and SonarQube XML	Turns gcov output into readable coverage reports Can combine and manipulate coverage data from several test runs
Focused on GCC and gcov coverage data	Depends on Perl and on coverage data from compilers such as GCC Command-line driven with no interactive interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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