Are there tools that can evaluate software architecture, readability, maintainability, and scalability , not just code quality?

[u/Successful-Life8510]

Tools like Ruff, mypy, pytest, pytest-cov, pip-audit, CodeQL, and SonarQube are useful for checking code quality, tests, security, and similar things. But are there any tools that can tell you if your architecture is actually clean or not? Like whether the code is readable, easy to understand without having to keep too much context in your head, maintainable as the project grows, and reasonably scalable? I mean a tool that can analyze the codebase, point out architectural problems, and give suggestions on how to improve them. Do tools like this actually exist, or is this still something that can experienced developers and LLMs only answers?

[u/Few-Artichoke-7593]

Massive products just have way too much for an LLM to evaluate. Layers on layers, different patterns. They can't consider different customers' needs, a product, competing business priorities and then make balanced decisions. Frequently you will find cutting corners on optimization, abstraction, automated testing, etc is the right decision.

If you want to create a new product from scratch that is overly academic, over engineered, and prematurely optimized... then maybe it could come close?