evilmartians/lefthook

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

Lefthook is a fast, dependency-free Git hooks manager written in Go that works with any type of project (Node.js, Ruby, Python, Go, Swift, etc.). It lets you configure hooks in a single lefthook.yml file, run commands in parallel, and filter files with globs and regexps.

Use cases

• run eslint and stylelint on staged files before commit
• manage git hooks for a monorepo with frontend and backend
• run linters in parallel on pre-commit
• replace husky or pre-commit with a faster git hooks manager
• auto-fix and re-stage files during pre-commit
• run checks on pre-push with custom file filters

When to choose

• you want a single dependency-free binary that works across languages
• you need parallel hook execution for speed
• your team uses mixed-language projects and wants one hooks config
• you need fine-grained control over which files are passed to commands

When to avoid

• you only need simple hooks and prefer a tool native to your language ecosystem
• you want hooks managed entirely in a CI pipeline rather than locally
• you need a plugin ecosystem with shared hook repositories

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

developer-tools cli code-review ci-cd configuration-management developer-tools version-control windows cli cross-platform go python ruby git-hooks pre-commit linting parallel-execution single-binary polyglot command-line automation linux macos nodejs

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