ansible/ansible-lint

Health v2 · maintenance only

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3901 stars · 751 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

ansible-lint is a command-line linter that checks Ansible playbooks and roles for practices and behavior that could be improved, and can automatically fix some common issues. It integrates with CI pipelines and pre-commit hooks, including an official GitHub Action.

Use cases

• lint ansible playbooks for best practices
• auto-fix common ansible playbook issues
• run ansible linting in CI on pull requests
• add ansible-lint as a pre-commit hook
• enforce ansible coding standards across a team
• check ansible roles and collections for style violations

When to choose

• you write or maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, or collections and want consistent quality
• you want automated Ansible checks in GitHub Actions or pre-commit
• you want a linter that can auto-fix some violations

When to avoid

• you don't use Ansible for configuration management
• you need general YAML linting only without Ansible-specific rules
• you need full infrastructure-as-code policy enforcement beyond Ansible

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

linter cli ci-cd configuration-management developer-tools infrastructure-as-code python cli windows ansible playbooks pre-commit-hook github-action static-analysis iac devops automation linux macos docker

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