Comparison

SpotBugs vs StyleLint

On the evidence we track, StyleLint leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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SpotBugs55

★StyleLint77

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	SpotBugs	StyleLintLeader
vioscaleAI score	55 / 100low · 48%	77 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	-
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.5	7.4
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.github.spotbugs%3Aspotbugs-annotations&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=stylelint&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: LOW
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2,768	200,392
Github starsadoption.github_stars	3,954	11,531
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	10,966,597
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	72	36
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	27	7
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	LGPL-2.1	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	JavaScript
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

SpotBugs55 / 100low · 48%

StyleLint77 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

SpotBugs✓

StyleLint✓

Model

SpotBugsopen_source

StyleLintopen_source

Price level

SpotBugsfree

StyleLintfree

Transparent

SpotBugs–

StyleLint✓

Integrations

Count

SpotBugs3

StyleLint–

Security

Scorecard

SpotBugs4.5

StyleLint7.4

Vulnerabilities

SpotBugsCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.github.spotbugs%3Aspotbugs-annotations&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

StyleLintCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=stylelint&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: LOW

Reliability

Status page

SpotBugs✓

StyleLint–

Adoption

Dependent repos

SpotBugs2,768

StyleLint200,392

Github stars

SpotBugs3,954

StyleLint11,531

Package downloads weekly

SpotBugs–

StyleLint10,966,597

Activity

Commits last 30d

SpotBugs72

StyleLint36

Release

Cadence days

SpotBugs27

StyleLint7

History

SpotBugs20 items

StyleLint20 items

License

Spdx

SpotBugsLGPL-2.1

StyleLintMIT

Language

Primary

SpotBugsJava

StyleLintJavaScript

Content

Faq

SpotBugs6 items

StyleLint5 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Code Quality Tools
Capability	SpotBugs	StyleLint
Core
Function	Static analyzer	Linter + formatter
Language scope	Single-language	Single-language
Implementation language	Java	JavaScript
Capability
Autofix	✗	✓
Config
Config model	Rule packs	Config file
Extensibility
Custom rules	✓	✓
Deployment
Deployment	CLI-local	CLI-local
Delivery
Editor integration	✓	✓
CI / VCS gating	✓	✓
Insight
Code metrics	-	✓
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware	-	✓
Licensing
Open-source	OSS	OSS
Commercial
Pricing model	Free	Free

Core

Function

SpotBugsStatic analyzer

StyleLintLinter + formatter

Language scope

SpotBugsSingle-language

StyleLintSingle-language

Implementation language

SpotBugsJava

StyleLintJavaScript

Capability

Autofix

SpotBugs✗

StyleLint✓

Config

Config model

SpotBugsRule packs

StyleLintConfig file

Extensibility

Custom rules

SpotBugs✓

StyleLint✓

Deployment

SpotBugsCLI-local

StyleLintCLI-local

Delivery

Editor integration

SpotBugs✓

StyleLint✓

CI / VCS gating

SpotBugs✓

StyleLint✓

Insight

Code metrics

SpotBugs-

StyleLint✓

Performance

Incremental / monorepo aware

SpotBugs-

StyleLint✓

Licensing

Open-source

SpotBugsOSS

StyleLintOSS

Commercial

Pricing model

SpotBugsFree

StyleLintFree

What each one is

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

SpotBugs

SpotBugs performs static analysis on Java code to identify potential bugs and code quality issues.

Independently observed

StyleLint

Leader

A CSS linter that validates stylesheets against built-in and custom rules to ensure error-free and consistent code, with automatic fixing capabilities and support for CSS-like languages.

Independently observed

Pricing

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SpotBugs

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

StyleLint

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-09-10verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	SpotBugs	StyleLint
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

CLI

SpotBugs✓

StyleLint✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

SpotBugs✓

StyleLint✓

On-premise

SpotBugs✓

StyleLint✗

Integrations

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

SpotBugs

7 total

Maven
Gradle
Eclipse
Ant
fb-contrib
find-sec-bugs
VS Code

Independently observed

StyleLint

Leader

Not documented yet.

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