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An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.
48K starsJun 6, 2026 pushdevelopmentRustStatic Analysis
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β‘A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting. Written in Rust
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Mago is a toolchain for PHP that aims to provide a set of tools to help developers write better code.
3.2K starsJun 7, 2026 pushdevelopmentRustStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add carthage-software/mago#3
π Code quality CLI for universal linting, auto-formatting, security scanning, and maintainability
3.1K starsJun 9, 2026 pushdevelopmentRustStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add qltysh/qlty#4
ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts
40K starsMay 16, 2026 pushdevelopmentHaskellStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add koalaman/shellcheck#5
A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions.
20K starsJun 6, 2026 pushdevelopmentSwiftStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add realm/SwiftLint#6
A PHP parser written in PHP
17K starsFeb 26, 2026 pushdevelopmentPHPStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add nikic/PHP-Parser#7
Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell
12K starsJun 1, 2026 pushdevelopmentHaskellStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add hadolint/hadolint#8
Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. By default it supports the Google Java Style Guide and Sun Code Conventions, but is highly configurable. It can be invoked with an ANT task and a command line program.
8.9K starsJun 8, 2026 pushdevelopmentJavaStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add checkstyle/checkstyle#9
Static code analysis for Kotlin
7.0K starsJun 5, 2026 pushdevelopmentKotlinStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add detekt/detekt#10
Staticcheck - The advanced Go linter
6.8K starsMay 24, 2026 pushdevelopmentGoStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add dominikh/go-tools#11
TypeScript Compiler API wrapper for static analysis and programmatic code changes.
6.1K starsApr 12, 2026 pushdevelopmentTypeScriptStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add dsherret/ts-morph#12
It's not just a linter that annoys you!
5.7K starsJun 6, 2026 pushdevelopmentPythonStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add pylint-dev/pylint#13
π₯ ~6x faster, stricter, configurable, extensible, and beautiful drop-in replacement for golint
5.5K starsJun 3, 2026 pushdevelopmentGoStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add mgechev/revive#14
An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer.
5.4K starsJun 5, 2026 pushdevelopmentJavaStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add pmd/pmd#15
A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language with a focus on code consistency and teaching.
5.2K starsJun 5, 2026 pushdevelopmentElixirStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add rrrene/credo#16
𦩠Tools for Go projects
4.5K starsMay 20, 2026 pushdevelopmentGoStatic Analysis
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