Best detekt Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from linters ranked against detekt on the same published basis.
- 1detekt vs PMD
- 2detekt vs Biome
- 3detekt vs Cppcheck
- 4detekt vs Ruff
- 5detekt vs Astral
- 7detekt vs golangci-lint
- 8detekt vs Oxc
- 9detekt vs SQLFluff
- 10detekt vs Stylelint
- 11detekt vs Luacheck
- 12detekt vs ESLint
- 13detekt vs Hadolint
- 14detekt vs PHPMD
- 15detekt vs ShellCheck
- 16detekt vs actionlint
- 17detekt vs Clippy
- 18detekt vs HLint
- 19detekt vs Staticcheck
- 20detekt vs SwiftLint
- 21detekt vs cpplint
detekt alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PMD | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 2 | Biome | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Cppcheck | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 4 | Ruff | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | Astral | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | golangci-lint | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 8 | Oxc | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 9 | SQLFluff | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 10 | Stylelint | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | Luacheck | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 12 | ESLint | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, self-hosted |
| 13 | Hadolint | 6.1 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux, Web |
| 14 | PHPMD | 6.1 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 15 | ShellCheck | 6.1 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 16 | actionlint | 6.0 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 17 | Clippy | 6.0 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 18 | HLint | 6.0 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 19 | Staticcheck | 6.0 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 20 | SwiftLint | 6.0 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 21 | cpplint | 5.9 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
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Questions about detekt alternatives
What is the best alternative to detekt?
PMD, number 1 in linters with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: Biome, Cppcheck, Ruff and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to detekt?
PMD 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 on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.