HOL Light vs HOL4

HOL Light

5.1 #15 in Formal Verification Tools

About HOL Light

HOL4

5.1 #16 in Formal Verification Tools

About HOL4
HOL LightHOL4
Free planNoNo
Free trialNoNo
Paid from——
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, LinuxWindows, Linux
Free planYesYes
Verification methoddeductive—
Supported formalismstheorem-provingtheorem-proving
Input languagesOCaml; higher-order logicHOL higher-order logic; Standard ML
Deploymentself-hostedself-hosted
Counterexamples—Yes
Proof artifacts—Yes

Both are listed in Best Formal Verification Tools. On Inferse, HOL Light scores higher on our published basis.