# alecthomas/gometalinter

DEPRECATED: Use https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint

Repository: https://github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gometalinter
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, linter, gometalinter
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-03-07T12:34:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4411, "days_push": 2736, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3471, forks 264 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.996547+00:00)

## What it is
gometalinter is a Go meta-linter that concurrently runs many Go static analysis tools and normalizes their output into a standard format. It is deprecated and archived; users should switch to golangci-lint.

## Use cases
- run multiple go linters concurrently
- lint go code in ci
- integrate go linting with editor or ide
- normalize linter output to a standard format

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy go project already configured with gometalinter

## When to avoid
- starting a new go project
- you want an actively maintained linter - use golangci-lint instead

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: linter, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, testing
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform
- tags: go-linting, static-analysis, deprecated, editor-integration, command-line

## Member repositories
- alecthomas/gometalinter (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.996547+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 2026-08-29T18:36:37.630028+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.996547+00:00, sha 9dcb3bcf8a4e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.