yamllint

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#29 of 33

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Score

5.8

The facts below are what the maker publishes about yamllint, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From yamllint's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
yamllint	Free	Open source YAML linter · runs as a script or Python module

Each one read from yamllint's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Configuration: It includes default and relaxed configurations and supports custom configuration files.checked 8 Oct 2026
Editor integrations: The documentation lists Vim, Neovim, Emacs, Visual Studio Code, and IntelliJ integrations.checked 8 Oct 2026
Input: It can lint individual files, directories, or YAML streams from standard input.checked 8 Oct 2026
License: The GitHub repository identifies the project license as GPL-3.0.checked 8 Oct 2026
Output: It provides a parsable output format for use with tools such as editor syntax highlighting.checked 8 Oct 2026
Purpose: yamllint checks YAML syntax and issues such as duplicate keys, line length, trailing spaces, and indentation.checked 8 Oct 2026
Python module: The project provides a Python module that can be used to write custom linting tools.checked 8 Oct 2026
Rules: Its rules can be enabled, disabled, or adjusted, including whether a finding is an error or warning.checked 8 Oct 2026
Workflow integrations: The documentation describes integration with pre-commit, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and Arcanist.checked 8 Oct 2026

Platforms: The installation guide lists packages for macOS, Debian and Ubuntu, Fedora and CentOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Alpine Linux, as well as installation with pip.checked 8 Oct 2026