Alternatives

Mago alternatives for AI agents.

Compare similar skills by workflow fit, trust score, quality, GitHub adoption, maintenance, and install readiness.

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Mago

Mago is a toolchain for PHP that aims to provide a set of tools to help developers write better code.

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#1

Qlty

Similarity 129Trust 89Excellent 100

💎 Code quality CLI for universal linting, auto-formatting, security scanning, and maintainability

3.1K starsJun 9, 2026 pushdevelopmentRustStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add qltysh/qlty
#2

PHP CS Fixer

Similarity 126Trust 95Excellent 100

A tool to automatically fix PHP Coding Standards issues

14K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevelopmentPHPStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer
#3

PHP Parser

Similarity 126Trust 91Excellent 100

A PHP parser written in PHP

17K starsFeb 26, 2026 pushdevelopmentPHPStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add nikic/PHP-Parser
#4

Ruff

Similarity 126Trust 95Excellent 100

An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.

48K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdevelopmentRustStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add astral-sh/ruff
#5

Ast Grep

Similarity 124Trust 93Excellent 100

⚡A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting. Written in Rust

15K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevelopmentRustStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add ast-grep/ast-grep
#6

Shellcheck

Similarity 120Trust 93Excellent 100

ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts

40K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevelopmentHaskellStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add koalaman/shellcheck
#7

SwiftLint

Similarity 119Trust 92Excellent 100

A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions.

20K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdevelopmentSwiftStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add realm/SwiftLint
#8

Phpstan

Similarity 118Trust 95Excellent 100

PHP Static Analysis Tool - discover bugs in your code without running it!

14K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevelopmentPHPStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add phpstan/phpstan
#9

Hadolint

Similarity 118Trust 91Excellent 100

Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell

12K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevelopmentHaskellStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add hadolint/hadolint
#10

Scanners Box

Similarity 117Trust 93Excellent 100

A powerful and open-source toolkit for hackers and security automation - 安全行业从业者自研开源扫描器合辑

8.9K starsJun 10, 2026 pushdevelopmentStatic AnalysisClaude Code
$ npx skills add We5ter/Scanners-Box
#11

Psalm

Similarity 117Trust 97Excellent 100

A PHP static analysis tool for finding errors and security vulnerabilities in PHP applications

5.9K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevelopmentPHPStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add vimeo/psalm
#12

Revive

Similarity 117Trust 97Excellent 100

🔥 ~6x faster, stricter, configurable, extensible, and beautiful drop-in replacement for golint

5.5K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevelopmentGoStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add mgechev/revive
#13

Detekt

Similarity 117Trust 94Excellent 100

Static code analysis for Kotlin

7.0K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdevelopmentKotlinStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add detekt/detekt
#14

Credo

Similarity 117Trust 97Excellent 100

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
#15

Go Tools

Similarity 117Trust 94Excellent 100

Staticcheck - The advanced Go linter

6.8K starsJun 10, 2026 pushdevelopmentGoStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add dominikh/go-tools
#16

Pylint

Similarity 117Trust 94Excellent 100

It's not just a linter that annoys you!

5.7K starsJun 9, 2026 pushdevelopmentPythonStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add pylint-dev/pylint

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When should you switch?

Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Mago if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.

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