Comparison

Ruff vs Trunk

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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★Ruff73
Trunk53
Score
vioscaleAI score
Ruff73 / 100medium · 68%
Trunk53 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Ruff–
Trunk✓
Model
Price level
Ruff–
Trunkfree
Transparent
Ruff–
Trunk✗
Integrations
Count
Ruff6
Trunk10
Reliability
Status page
Ruff–
Trunk✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Ruff5,870
Trunk–
Github stars
Ruff49,914
Trunk–
Package downloads weekly
Trunk–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Ruff100
Trunk–
Release
Cadence days
Ruff7
Trunk–
History
Trunk–
License
Spdx
RuffMIT
Trunk–
Language
Primary
RuffRust
Trunk–
Content
Faq

Capabilities

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

Core
Function
RuffLinter
Trunk-
Language scope
RuffSingle-language
TrunkMulti-language
Implementation language
RuffRust
Trunk-
Capability
Autofix
Ruff✓
Trunk✓
Config
Config model
Ruff-
Trunk-
Extensibility
Custom rules
Ruff-
Trunk-
Deployment
Deployment
RuffCLI-local
TrunkBoth
Delivery
Editor integration
Ruff✓
Trunk-
CI / VCS gating
Ruff-
Trunk✓
Insight
Code metrics
Ruff-
Trunk✓
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
Ruff✓
Trunk-
Licensing
Open-source
RuffOSS
TrunkClosed
Commercial
Pricing model
RuffFree
TrunkPer-contributor

What each one is

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

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

Trunk

Trunk automatically detects and isolates unreliable tests that block deployments, while managing a merge queue system that coordinates related changes to run in parallel. This reduces infrastructure costs and accelerates software delivery by preventing test flakes from delaying code merges.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Ruff

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Trunk

from $0/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Team and Enterprise plans available with volume-based discounts on test spans.

  • FreeFree
    • Flaky test detection and quarantining
    • PR comments with test summaries
    • GitHub integration
    • Slack notifications
    • CLI and VS Code usage
    • +3 more
  • Team$0/committer/month
    • Everything in Free, plus:
    • Unlimited committers
    • Volume discounts on test spans
    • Merge queue with anti-flake protection
    • Intelligent PR batching (up to 100 PRs)
    • +6 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Team, plus:
    • Single Sign-On (SSO) with custom providers
    • SAML support
    • On-premise deployment
    • Advanced admin and authentication controls
    • +6 more
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Ruff✗
Trunk✓
macOS
Ruff✓
Trunk✗
Windows
Ruff✓
Trunk✗
Linux
Ruff✓
Trunk✗
CLI
Ruff✓
Trunk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Ruff✗
Trunk✓
Self-hosted
Ruff✓
Trunk✗

Integrations

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

Ruff

Leader
7 total
  • Flake8
  • isort
  • Autoflake
  • Pyflakes
  • pycodestyle
  • Pylint
  • Visual Studio Code
Independently observed

Trunk

15 total
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • Linear
  • Jira
  • Google (OAuth/SSO)
  • Microsoft (OAuth/SSO)
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Travis CI
  • Microsoft Teams
  • GitHub Issues
  • Bazel
  • Nx
  • Gradle
  • Svix
Independently observed
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