checkmake/checkmake

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1212 stars · 52 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

checkmake is a linter and analyzer for Makefiles written in Go. It scans Makefiles for potential issues based on configurable rules and reports violations with file and line details.

Use cases

• lint my Makefiles for bad practices
• check that phony targets are declared in a Makefile
• enforce required targets like all and test in Makefiles
• run Makefile checks in CI
• analyze multiple Makefiles in a repository
• output Makefile lint results as JSON for tooling

When to choose

• you maintain projects with GNU Make build files and want automated style/correctness checks
• you want a fast, standalone CLI linter for Makefiles with configurable rules
• you need JSON output to integrate Makefile linting into CI pipelines

When to avoid

• you use build systems other than Make (CMake, Bazel, Ninja)
• you need a formatter that rewrites Makefiles rather than reporting issues
• you rely on very recent or exotic Makefile syntax the parser may not support

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

linter parser cli developer-tools developer-tools windows cli cross-platform makefile linting static-analysis build-systems go command-line automation build-tools linux macos

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