---
title: "CodeRush vs. CodeSmart"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/18/coderush-vs-codesmart.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/18/coderush-vs-codesmart.html"
published: "2004-03-18T08:18:00"
updated: "2004-03-18T08:18:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "CodeRush looks cool, but I still like CodeSmart better. The people at the user group liked it very much as well when I demonstrated it : )"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# CodeRush vs. CodeSmart

By Roy Osherove March 18, 2004 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published March 18, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

[CodeRush](http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=9101) looks cool, but I still like [CodeSmart](http://www.axtools.com/) better. The people at the user group liked it very much as well when I demonstrated it : )

## More in Cool Tools

[All posts in Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

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- Mar 24, 2004

    ### [How CodeRush pissed me off](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/24/how-coderush-pissed-me-off.html)

- Mar 11, 2004

    ### [Tool: IPCheck - Monitor your web server online status](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/11/tool-ipcheck-monitor-your-web-server-online-status.html)

- Mar 5, 2004

    ### [Interesting stuff I missed this week](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/5/interesting-stuff-i-missed-this-week.html)


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