What is Biome?

A fast formatter and linter for JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, TSX, JSON, HTML, CSS, and GraphQL with 97% Prettier compatibility.

Independently observed

Biome pricing

We don't have Biome's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

What Biome does

The capabilities that matter for code quality tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Function
Linter + formatter
Language scope
Multi-language
Implementation language
-
Capability
Autofix
Config
Config model
-
Extensibility
Custom rules
-
Deployment
Deployment
-
Delivery
Editor integration
CI / VCS gating
-
Insight
Code metrics
-
Performance
Incremental / monorepo aware
-
Licensing
Open-source
OSS
Commercial
Pricing model
Free
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Biome alternatives

Other code quality tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Biome, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 72 / 100
low · 38%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Package Downloads920.2018.4
Github Activity630.148.7
Release Cadence970.087.4
Capabilities460.125.6
Price Level1000.054.6
Github Stars830.043.2
Pricing Transparency250.061.6
Reliability00.060.0-
Integrations00.060.0-
Security Posture00.100.0-
Stackoverflow Activity00.090.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars25,460highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%
Package downloads weekly11,910,506highsource · 2026-08-01 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"autofix":true,"function":"linter_formatter","open_source":"oss","pricing_model":"free","language_scope":"multi_language","editor_integration":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryRusthighsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 67%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 70%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days6mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70%