Comparison

golangci-lint vs Ruff

On the evidence we track, Ruff leads this comparison with a composite score of 73/100. 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
★Ruff73
Score
vioscaleAI score
golangci-lint61 / 100low · 49%
Ruff73 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tier
golangci-lint✓
Ruff–
Model
golangci-lintopen_source
Price level
golangci-lintfree
Ruff–
Integrations
Count
golangci-lint6
Ruff6
Adoption
Dependent repos
golangci-lint10,411
Ruff5,870
Github stars
golangci-lint19,442
Ruff49,914
Package downloads weekly
golangci-lint–
Activity
Commits last 30d
golangci-lint53
Ruff100
Release
Cadence days
golangci-lint6
Ruff7
History
golangci-lint20 items
License
Spdx
golangci-lintGPL-3.0
RuffMIT
Language
Primary
golangci-lintGo
RuffRust
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
golangci-lint6 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Function
golangci-lintLinter
RuffLinter
Language scope
golangci-lintSingle-language
RuffSingle-language
Implementation language
golangci-lintGo
RuffRust
Capability
Autofix
golangci-lint✓
Ruff✓
Config
Config model
golangci-lintConfig file
Ruff-
Extensibility
Custom rules
golangci-lint✗
Ruff-
Deployment
Deployment
golangci-lintCLI-local
RuffCLI-local
Delivery
Editor integration
golangci-lint✓
Ruff✓
CI / VCS gating
golangci-lint✓
Ruff-
Insight
Code metrics
golangci-lint✗
Ruff-
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
golangci-lint✓
Ruff✓
Licensing
Open-source
golangci-lintOSS
RuffOSS
Commercial
Pricing model
golangci-lintFree
RuffFree

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

Ruff

Leader

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.

golangci-lint

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Ruff

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

golangci-lint

6 total
  • VS Code
  • Sublime Text
  • GoLand
  • GNU Emacs
  • Vim
  • GitHub Actions
Independently observed

Ruff

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

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