Comparison

Clippy vs RuboCop

No clear leader: RuboCop (69.7) and Clippy (66.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Clippy66
RuboCop70
Score
Vioscale score
Clippy66 / 100low · 31%
RuboCop70 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Free tier
Clippy
RuboCop
Model
Price level
Clippyfree
RuboCopfree
Transparent
Clippy
RuboCop
Integrations
Count
Clippy
RuboCop14
Adoption
Dependent repos
Clippy256
RuboCop115,529
Github stars
Clippy116,179
RuboCop12,899
Activity
Commits last 30d
Clippy100
RuboCop100
Release
Cadence days
Clippy30
RuboCop16
History
Clippy20 items
RuboCop20 items
License
Spdx
RuboCopMIT
Language
Primary
ClippyRust
RuboCopRuby

Capabilities

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

Core
Function
ClippyLinter
RuboCopLinter + formatter
Language scope
ClippySingle-language
RuboCopSingle-language
Implementation language
ClippyRust
RuboCopRuby
Capability
Autofix
Clippy-
RuboCop
Config
Config model
Clippy-
RuboCopConfig file
Extensibility
Custom rules
Clippy-
RuboCop
Deployment
Deployment
ClippyCLI-local
RuboCopCLI-local
Delivery
Editor integration
Clippy-
RuboCop
CI / VCS gating
Clippy-
RuboCop-
Insight
Code metrics
Clippy-
RuboCop-
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
Clippy-
RuboCop-
Licensing
Open-source
ClippyOSS
RuboCopOSS
Commercial
Pricing model
ClippyFree
RuboCopFree

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

RuboCop

RuboCop is an open-source Ruby linter and formatter that enforces code style based on the Ruby community style guide. It detects code quality issues and can automatically fix many of them, with extensive configuration options and extensibility through community plugins.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Clippy

Open source
as of verify ↗

RuboCop

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
CLI
Clippy
RuboCop

Integrations

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

Clippy

Not documented yet.

RuboCop

14 total
  • rubocop-performance
  • rubocop-rails
  • rubocop-rspec
  • rubocop-minitest
  • rubocop-rake
  • rubocop-sequel
  • rubocop-thread_safety
  • rubocop-capybara
  • rubocop-factory_bot
  • rubocop-rspec_rails
  • rubocop-i18n
  • Eglot
  • Helix
  • Flycheck
Independently observed

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

Clippy vs RuboCop: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale