Best Astral Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from linters ranked against Astral on the same published basis.
- 1Astral vs Biome
- 2Astral vs Cppcheck
- 3Astral vs PMD
- 4Astral vs Ruff
- 6Astral vs detekt
- 7Astral vs golangci-lint
- 8Astral vs Luacheck
- 9Astral vs Oxc
- 10Astral vs SQLFluff
- 11Astral vs Stylelint
- 12Astral vs ESLint
- 13Astral vs actionlint
- 14Astral vs Clippy
- 15Astral vs Hadolint
- 16Astral vs HLint
- 17Astral vs PHPMD
- 18Astral vs ShellCheck
- 19Astral vs Staticcheck
- 20Astral vs SwiftLint
- 21Astral vs cpplint
Astral alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biome | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Cppcheck | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 3 | PMD | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 4 | Ruff | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 6 | detekt | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | golangci-lint | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 8 | Luacheck | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 9 | Oxc | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 10 | SQLFluff | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 11 | Stylelint | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 12 | ESLint | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, self-hosted |
| 13 | actionlint | 5.4 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 14 | Clippy | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 15 | Hadolint | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux, Web |
| 16 | HLint | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 17 | PHPMD | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 18 | ShellCheck | 5.4 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 19 | Staticcheck | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 20 | SwiftLint | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 21 | cpplint | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
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Questions about Astral alternatives
What is the best alternative to Astral?
Biome, number 1 in linters with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Cppcheck, PMD, Ruff and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Astral?
Biome is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 11 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.