Best Ruff Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from code formatting tools ranked against Ruff on the same published basis.
- 1Ruff vs Accessibility Test Framework for Android
- 2Ruff vs Black
- 3Ruff vs Prettier
- 5Ruff vs rustfmt
- 6Ruff vs Biome
- 7Ruff vs CSharpier
- 8Ruff vs dprint
- 9Ruff vs gofmt
- 10Ruff vs Taplo
- 11Ruff vs pgFormatter
- 12Ruff vs PHP CS Fixer
- 13Ruff vs autopep8
- 14Ruff vs clang-format
- 15Ruff vs Dart pub
- 16Ruff vs elm-format
- 17Ruff vs goimports
- 18Ruff vs Ormolu
- 19Ruff vs shfmt
- 20Ruff vs yamlfmt
- 21Ruff vs YAPF
Ruff alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accessibility Test Framework for Android | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Android, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 2 | Black | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 3 | Prettier | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 5 | rustfmt | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 6 | Biome | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 7 | CSharpier | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 8 | dprint | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 9 | gofmt | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 10 | Taplo | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | pgFormatter | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 12 | PHP CS Fixer | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted |
| 13 | autopep8 | 5.6 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 14 | clang-format | 5.6 | No | — | Browser, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 15 | Dart pub | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 16 | elm-format | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 17 | goimports | 5.4 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 18 | Ormolu | 5.4 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 19 | shfmt | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, Windows, Mac |
| 20 | yamlfmt | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 21 | YAPF | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
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Questions about Ruff alternatives
What is the best alternative to Ruff?
Accessibility Test Framework for Android, number 1 in code formatting tools with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Black, Prettier, rustfmt and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Ruff?
Accessibility Test Framework for Android 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.