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Best PHPMD Alternatives in 2026

12 apps from linters ranked against PHPMD on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Biome Free plan extensionLinuxMacWebWin Free8.1
    PHPMD vs Biome
  2. 2
    Ruff Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free8.1
    PHPMD vs Ruff
  3. 3
    PMD Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.1
    PHPMD vs PMD
  4. 4
    Astral Free plan LinuxMacWin Free8.0
    PHPMD vs Astral
  5. 5
    golangci-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.8
    PHPMD vs golangci-lint
  6. 6
    ESLint Free plan apiextensionself-hosted Free7.8
    PHPMD vs ESLint
  7. 7
    Stylelint Free plan apiLinuxMacWin Free7.5
    PHPMD vs Stylelint
  8. 8
    detekt Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.2
    PHPMD vs detekt
  9. 9
    ShellCheck WebWinMacLinux 6.7
    PHPMD vs ShellCheck
  10. 10
    SQLFluff 6.7
    PHPMD vs SQLFluff
  11. 11
    Cppcheck Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.7
    PHPMD vs Cppcheck
  12. 12
    Staticcheck WinMacLinux 6.5
    PHPMD vs Staticcheck
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