Luacheck
No phone app
5.1No. 26 of 31
in Linters
in Linters
- Recognised40% of the score19
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score39
- Free plan14% of the score30
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
Summary
Luacheck is ranked #26 of 31 in linters on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.
Luacheck plans and pricing
All plansCompared on linters
- Languages supported
- 1luacheck.readthedocs.io
- IDE support
- editorluacheck.readthedocs.io
- CI support
- Yesluacheck.readthedocs.io
Facts
- Purpose
- Luacheck is a static analyzer and linter for Lua code.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Warnings
- It detects issues including undefined globals, unused variables and values, uninitialized variables, and unreachable code.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Lua support
- It checks Lua 5.1–5.4 and LuaJIT syntax, and runs on those Lua versions.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Checks can be configured through command-line options, configuration files, or comments in checked files.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Configuration detail
- Configuration supports project-specific globals, standard-global sets, warning filters, and per-file or per-path overrides.luacheck.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Output
- The command line supports built-in TAP, JUnit XML, Visual Studio/MSBuild, plain-text, and default formatters.luacheck.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project documents installation through LuaRocks and provides a single-file 64-bit Windows binary.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Parallel checks
- Parallel checking requires the LuaLanes dependency.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- CI integration
- The project documents a GitHub Actions workflow and provides a Luacheck GitHub Action.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Editor integrations
- The project lists integrations for Vim, Sublime Text, Atom, Emacs, Brackets, Visual Studio Code, Nova, and Geany.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Container
- Luacheck can be run as a standalone Docker container, including a prebuilt image published through GitHub Container Registry.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is distributed under the MIT License.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to its GitHub issue tracker for bugs, suggestions, and questions, and says pull requests are welcome.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Stability note
- The README says the module interface may change between minor releases while the command-line interface is fairly stable.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- github.com/lunarmodules/luacheck/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- luacheck.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
- luacheck.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cli.html· checked 4 Oct 2026




