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coala/coala

coala provides a unified command-line interface for linting and fixing all your code, regardless of the programming languages you use. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/coala/coala · homepage · Python · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4493
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 940
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3594 stars · 1294 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

coala is a unified command-line interface for linting and automatically fixing code across many programming languages, driven by a single configuration file. It supports languages like Python, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, and CSS out of the box and integrates with editors and CI pipelines.

Use cases

  • lint code in multiple languages with one tool
  • automatically fix code style violations
  • enforce code quality in CI pipelines
  • get linting results as JSON
  • unify linting configuration across a polyglot codebase

When to choose

  • you work in a polyglot repository and want one linting config
  • you want linting plus auto-fixing from a single CLI
  • you need JSON lint output for custom tooling

When to avoid

  • you only lint one language and prefer its native, actively maintained linter
  • you need a tool with frequent updates and a large active ecosystem
  • you want editor-first linting rather than CLI-driven workflows

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

linter cli developer-tools code-review developer-tools programming-languages testing windows python cli linting code-analysis static-analysis code-fixing multi-language ci-integration command-line linux macos

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
coala/coalamain23

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="coala/coala")

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