Comparison

Clippy vs ESLint

On the evidence we track, ESLint leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Clippy59
ESLint76
Score
vioscaleAI score
Clippy59 / 100low · 31%
ESLint76 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tier
Clippy
ESLint
Model
Price level
Clippyfree
ESLintfree
Integrations
Count
Clippy
ESLint2
Adoption
Dependent repos
Clippy256
ESLint1,569,244
Github stars
Clippy117,998
ESLint27,496
Package downloads weekly
Clippy
Activity
Commits last 30d
Clippy100
ESLint46
Release
Cadence days
Clippy30
ESLint13
History
Clippy20 items
ESLint20 items
License
Spdx
ESLintMIT
Language
Primary
ClippyRust
Content
Faq
Clippy4 items
ESLint5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for code quality tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Function
ClippyLinter
ESLintLinter + formatter
Language scope
ClippySingle-language
ESLintSingle-language
Implementation language
ClippyRust
ESLintJavaScript
Capability
Autofix
Clippy-
ESLint
Config
Config model
Clippy-
ESLintConfig file
Extensibility
Custom rules
Clippy-
ESLint
Deployment
Deployment
ClippyCLI-local
ESLintCLI-local
Delivery
Editor integration
Clippy-
ESLint
CI / VCS gating
Clippy-
ESLint
Insight
Code metrics
Clippy-
ESLint-
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
Clippy-
ESLint-
Licensing
Open-source
ClippyOSS
ESLintOSS
Commercial
Pricing model
ClippyFree
ESLintFree

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Clippy

Clippy provides over 800 lints organized into configurable categories to catch common mistakes and improve Rust code quality. Lints are categorized by severity (correctness, suspicious, style, complexity, performance) and can be enabled or disabled individually.

Independently observed

ESLint

Leader

An open-source linter and fixer for JavaScript and JSX that runs locally in editors and CI pipelines. It uses AST analysis to catch problems and can automatically fix many issues, with full support for custom rules and extensibility.

Independently observed

Pricing

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Clippy

Open source
as of verify ↗

ESLint

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Free open source

  • Open SourceFree
    • Find issues in JavaScript code
    • Automatically fix problems
    • Custom parsers
    • Custom rules
    • Text editor integration
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
CLI
Clippy
ESLint
Deployment
Self-hosted
Clippy
ESLint

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Clippy

Not documented yet.

ESLint

Leader
2 total
  • eslint-plugin-react
  • eslint-plugin-unicorn
Independently observed
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Clippy or ESLint: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.