Best RuboCop Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from linters ranked against RuboCop on the same published basis.
- 1RuboCop vs Biome
- 2RuboCop vs Cppcheck
- 3RuboCop vs PMD
- 4RuboCop vs Ruff
- 5RuboCop vs ShellCheck
- 6RuboCop vs Astral
- 7RuboCop vs detekt
- 8RuboCop vs golangci-lint
- 9RuboCop vs HLint
- 10RuboCop vs Luacheck
- 11RuboCop vs Oxc
- 12RuboCop vs PHPMD
- 13RuboCop vs SQLFluff
- 14RuboCop vs Stylelint
- 15RuboCop vs Flake8
- 16RuboCop vs ESLint
- 17RuboCop vs actionlint
- 18RuboCop vs Clippy
- 19RuboCop vs Hadolint
- 20RuboCop vs Staticcheck
RuboCop 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 |
| 5 | ShellCheck | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 6 | Astral | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | detekt | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 8 | golangci-lint | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 9 | HLint | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 10 | Luacheck | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 11 | Oxc | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 12 | PHPMD | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 13 | SQLFluff | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 14 | Stylelint | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 15 | Flake8 | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux |
| 16 | ESLint | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, self-hosted |
| 17 | actionlint | 5.4 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 18 | Clippy | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 19 | Hadolint | 5.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 20 | Staticcheck | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
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Questions about RuboCop alternatives
What is the best alternative to RuboCop?
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 RuboCop?
Biome is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 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.