# steelbrain/linter

A Base Linter with Cow Powers https://aneesiqbal.ai/2017-03-13-linter-v2-released

Repository: https://github.com/steelbrain/linter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/linter
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-02-20T08:53:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4529, "days_push": 1290, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1087, forks 174 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.406237+00:00)

## What it is
Linter is a base linter provider package for the Atom editor that offers a top-level API for language-specific linter plugins to report errors and messages. It works together with linter-ui-default to visualize diagnostics in the editor.

## Use cases
- show lint errors inline in Atom
- build a custom linter plugin for Atom
- unify diagnostics from multiple language linters
- visualize compiler warnings in the editor
- set up linting for my language in Atom

## When to choose
- you use the Atom editor and need a base framework for linting packages
- you are developing a language-specific linter plugin for Atom

## When to avoid
- you use VS Code, Neovim, or another editor (Atom was sunset in 2022)
- you need a standalone CLI linter rather than an editor plugin

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: linter, editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, testing
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: atom-editor, linting, code-quality, error-visualization, desktop

## Member repositories
- steelbrain/linter (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.406237+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 2026-08-30T06:49:29.335360+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/steelbrain/linter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.406237+00:00, sha 230eabe3d53a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.