Best HLint Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from linters ranked against HLint on the same published basis.
- 1HLint vs PMD
- 2HLint vs Biome
- 3HLint vs Cppcheck
- 4HLint vs Ruff
- 5HLint vs Astral
- 6HLint vs detekt
- 7HLint vs golangci-lint
- 8HLint vs Oxc
- 9HLint vs SQLFluff
- 10HLint vs Stylelint
- 11HLint vs Luacheck
- 12HLint vs ESLint
- 13HLint vs Hadolint
- 14HLint vs PHPMD
- 15HLint vs ShellCheck
- 16HLint vs actionlint
- 17HLint vs Clippy
- 19HLint vs Staticcheck
- 20HLint vs SwiftLint
- 21HLint vs cpplint
HLint 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 |
| 6 | detekt | 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 |
| 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 HLint alternatives
What is the best alternative to HLint?
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 HLint?
PMD is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 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.