Comparison

Clippy vs StyleLint

On the evidence we track, StyleLint leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Clippy66
StyleLint79
Score
Vioscale score
Clippy66 / 100low · 31%
StyleLint79 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Clippy
StyleLint
Model
StyleLintopen_source
Price level
Clippyfree
StyleLintfree
Transparent
Clippy
StyleLint
Adoption
Dependent repos
Clippy256
StyleLint200,392
Github stars
Clippy116,179
StyleLint11,513
Package downloads weekly
Clippy
StyleLint11,124,156
Activity
Commits last 30d
Clippy100
StyleLint31
Release
Cadence days
Clippy30
StyleLint7
History
Clippy20 items
StyleLint20 items
License
Spdx
StyleLintMIT
Language
Primary
ClippyRust
StyleLintJavaScript

Capabilities

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

Core
Function
ClippyLinter
StyleLintLinter + formatter
Language scope
ClippySingle-language
StyleLintSingle-language
Implementation language
ClippyRust
StyleLintJavaScript
Capability
Autofix
Clippy-
StyleLint
Config
Config model
Clippy-
StyleLintConfig file
Extensibility
Custom rules
Clippy-
StyleLint
Deployment
Deployment
ClippyCLI-local
StyleLintCLI-local
Delivery
Editor integration
Clippy-
StyleLint
CI / VCS gating
Clippy-
StyleLint
Insight
Code metrics
Clippy-
StyleLint
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
Clippy-
StyleLint
Licensing
Open-source
ClippyOSS
StyleLintOSS
Commercial
Pricing model
ClippyFree
StyleLintFree

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

StyleLint

Leader

Stylelint is an open-source CSS linter with over 100 built-in rules that helps developers catch errors, enforce conventions, and automatically fix issues. It supports plugins for custom rules and can parse CSS-like languages such as SCSS and Sass.

Independently observed

Pricing

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Clippy

Open source
as of verify ↗

StyleLint

Leader
Open source

Free and open source (MIT License)

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
CLI
Clippy
StyleLint
Deployment
Self-hosted
Clippy
StyleLint

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