# golangci-lint

Fast linters runner for Go

Repository: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/golangci-lint
Homepage: https://golangci-lint.run
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: go, golang, linter, ci, golangci-lint
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:18:05+00:00
Link (homepage): https://golangci-lint.run
Link (site_page): https://golangci-lint.run/docs/donate
Link (site_page): https://golangci-lint.run/docs
Link (site_page): https://golangci-lint.run/docs/linters
Link (site_page): https://golangci-lint.run/docs/formatters

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3043, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 52}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19319, forks 1620 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:27.602313+00:00)

## What it is
golangci-lint is a fast, parallel linters runner for Go that bundles over a hundred linters and formatters behind a single CLI with YAML configuration and caching. It integrates with major IDEs and CI systems, including an official GitHub Action.

## Use cases
- lint go code in ci
- run multiple go linters with one command
- enforce go code style with gofumpt and gofmt
- add go linting to github actions
- configure go linters via yaml config
- find bugs and code smells in golang projects
- speed up go linting with caching

## When to choose
- you maintain a Go codebase and want a single tool aggregating many linters
- you need fast, cached linting in CI pipelines
- you want consistent lint configuration shared across IDEs and CI

## When to avoid
- your project is not written in Go
- you need a single specialized linter with features golangci-lint does not expose
- you require a non-GPLv3 licensed tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: linter, formatter, ci-cd, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, testing, version-control
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: golang, static-analysis, code-quality, linters-runner, yaml-configuration, ide-integration, github-actions, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- golangci/golangci-lint (main) score 99
- golangci/golangci-lint-action (plugin) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.602313+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:00:16.051186+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.602313+00:00, sha 801a9273018b)
  - homepage: https://golangci-lint.run (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.421431+00:00, sha 25ab265834b6)
  - site_page: https://golangci-lint.run/docs/donate (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.430675+00:00, sha d9df11be2137)
  - site_page: https://golangci-lint.run/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.432704+00:00, sha e4944c7e1b6b)
  - site_page: https://golangci-lint.run/docs/linters (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.434546+00:00, sha 071a5d682637)
  - site_page: https://golangci-lint.run/docs/formatters (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.436882+00:00, sha 9895db8cf719)
  - site_page: https://golangci-lint.run/docs/welcome (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.438684+00:00, sha ec4a68888ed8)
  - site_page: https://golangci-lint.run/docs/welcome/install (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.440712+00:00, sha ddb783add67d)
  - site_page: https://golangci-lint.run/docs/welcome/install/local (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.442777+00:00, sha 42c82dac8a47)
  - site_page: https://golangci-lint.run/docs/welcome/install/ci (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:56.444791+00:00, sha 58a2f31f4e6b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.