Best golangci-lint Alternatives in 2026
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20 apps from linters ranked against golangci-lint on the same published basis.
- 1golangci-lint vs Cppcheck
- 2golangci-lint vs PMD
- 3golangci-lint vs Astral
- 4golangci-lint vs Biome
- 5golangci-lint vs detekt
- 6golangci-lint vs ESLint
- 7golangci-lint vs Flake8
- 9golangci-lint vs HLint
- 10golangci-lint vs Oxc
- 11golangci-lint vs PHPMD
- 12golangci-lint vs Ruff
- 13golangci-lint vs ShellCheck
- 14golangci-lint vs SQLFluff
- 15golangci-lint vs Stylelint
- 16golangci-lint vs Luacheck
- 17golangci-lint vs PassWeb
- 18golangci-lint vs RuboCop
- 19golangci-lint vs Checkstyle
- 20golangci-lint vs clang-tidy
- 21golangci-lint vs Clippy
golangci-lint alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cppcheck | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 2 | PMD | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 3 | Astral | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 4 | Biome | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 5 | detekt | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 6 | ESLint | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, self-hosted |
| 7 | Flake8 | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux |
| 9 | HLint | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 10 | Oxc | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | PHPMD | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 12 | Ruff | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 13 | ShellCheck | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 14 | SQLFluff | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 15 | Stylelint | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 16 | Luacheck | 6.2 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 17 | PassWeb | 5.4 | No | — | self-hosted, Web |
| 18 | RuboCop | 5.4 | No | — | — |
| 19 | Checkstyle | 5.3 | No | — | — |
| 20 | clang-tidy | 5.3 | No | — | — |
| 21 | Clippy | 5.3 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
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Questions about golangci-lint alternatives
What is the best alternative to golangci-lint?
Cppcheck, number 1 in linters with a score of 6.4 out of 10. The others here: PMD, Astral, Biome and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to golangci-lint?
Cppcheck is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.