Comparison

ESLint vs Ruff

No clear leader: ESLint (76.0) and Ruff (72.5) 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.

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ESLint76
Ruff73
Score
vioscaleAI score
ESLint76 / 100high · 78%
Ruff73 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tier
ESLint✓
Ruff–
Model
Price level
ESLintfree
Ruff–
Integrations
Count
ESLint2
Ruff6
Adoption
Dependent repos
ESLint1,569,244
Ruff5,870
Github stars
ESLint27,559
Ruff49,914
Package downloads weekly
Activity
Commits last 30d
ESLint44
Ruff100
Release
Cadence days
ESLint13
Ruff7
History
License
Spdx
ESLintMIT
RuffMIT
Language
Primary
RuffRust
Market
Content
Faq
ESLint5 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Function
ESLintLinter + formatter
RuffLinter
Language scope
ESLintSingle-language
RuffSingle-language
Implementation language
ESLintJavaScript
RuffRust
Capability
Autofix
ESLint✓
Ruff✓
Config
Config model
ESLintConfig file
Ruff-
Extensibility
Custom rules
ESLint✓
Ruff-
Deployment
Deployment
ESLintCLI-local
RuffCLI-local
Delivery
Editor integration
ESLint✓
Ruff✓
CI / VCS gating
ESLint✓
Ruff-
Insight
Code metrics
ESLint-
Ruff-
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
ESLint-
Ruff✓
Licensing
Open-source
ESLintOSS
RuffOSS
Commercial
Pricing model
ESLintFree
RuffFree

What each one is

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

ESLint

Open-source linter that uses abstract syntax tree analysis to detect JavaScript code issues and apply syntax-aware fixes, with extensive customization through custom rules and parsers.

Independently observed

Ruff

A tool for analyzing and formatting Python code, designed to be fast and efficient through Rust implementation, with support across multiple platforms.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

ESLint

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 ↗

Ruff

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
macOS
ESLint✗
Ruff✓
Windows
ESLint✗
Ruff✓
Linux
ESLint✗
Ruff✓
CLI
ESLint✓
Ruff✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
ESLint✓
Ruff✓

Integrations

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

ESLint

2 total
  • eslint-plugin-react
  • eslint-plugin-unicorn
Independently observed

Ruff

7 total
  • Flake8
  • isort
  • Autoflake
  • Pyflakes
  • pycodestyle
  • Pylint
  • Visual Studio Code
Independently observed
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ESLint or Ruff: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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