Comparison

golangci-lint vs Prettier

On the evidence we track, Prettier leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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golangci-lint61
★Prettier80
Score
vioscaleAI score
golangci-lint61 / 100low · 49%
Prettier80 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tier
golangci-lint✓
Prettier✓
Model
golangci-lintopen_source
Prettiercommercial
Price level
golangci-lintfree
Prettierfree
Transparent
golangci-lint–
Prettier✓
Integrations
Count
golangci-lint6
Prettier19
Adoption
Dependent repos
golangci-lint10,411
Prettier1,703,312
Github stars
golangci-lint19,442
Prettier52,446
Package downloads weekly
golangci-lint–
Prettier139,976,809
Activity
Commits last 30d
golangci-lint53
Prettier100
Release
Cadence days
golangci-lint6
Prettier5
History
golangci-lint20 items
Prettier20 items
License
Spdx
golangci-lintGPL-3.0
PrettierMIT
Language
Primary
golangci-lintGo
PrettierJavaScript
Market
Availability
golangci-lint–
Content
Faq
golangci-lint6 items
Prettier6 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Function
golangci-lintLinter
PrettierFormatter
Language scope
golangci-lintSingle-language
PrettierMulti-language
Implementation language
golangci-lintGo
PrettierJavaScript
Capability
Autofix
golangci-lint✓
Prettier✓
Config
Config model
golangci-lintConfig file
PrettierConfig file
Extensibility
Custom rules
golangci-lint✗
Prettier✗
Deployment
Deployment
golangci-lintCLI-local
PrettierCLI-local
Delivery
Editor integration
golangci-lint✓
Prettier✓
CI / VCS gating
golangci-lint✓
Prettier✓
Insight
Code metrics
golangci-lint✗
Prettier✗
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
golangci-lint✓
Prettier✓
Licensing
Open-source
golangci-lintOSS
PrettierOSS
Commercial
Pricing model
golangci-lintFree
PrettierFree

What each one is

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

golangci-lint

Aggregates and runs multiple Go linters concurrently with built-in caching, configuration file support, and IDE integration.

Independently observed

Prettier

Leader

An automatic formatting tool that parses code and reformats it according to opinionated style rules, adjusting wrapping based on line length constraints.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

golangci-lint

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Prettier

Leader
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
Web
golangci-lint✗
Prettier✓
CLI
golangci-lint✓
Prettier✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
golangci-lint✓
Prettier✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • VS Code
  • Sublime Text
  • Vim

golangci-lint

6 total - 3 not shared
  • GoLand
  • GNU Emacs
  • GitHub Actions
Independently observed

Prettier

Leader
8 total - 5 not shared
  • WebStorm
  • Emacs
  • Visual Studio
  • Nova
  • Neovim
Independently observed
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golangci-lint or Prettier: 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.