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golangci-lint

9.7 9.7 unused VS golangci-lint

Fast linters Runner for Go
goimports

9.6 9.8 unused VS goimports

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GoLint

9.2 0.6 unused VS GoLint

DISCONTINUED. [mirror] This is a linter for Go source code. (deprecated)
Go Metalinter

9.0 0.0 unused VS Go Metalinter

DISCONTINUED. Metalinter is a tool to automatically apply all static analysis tool and report their output in normalized form.
revive

8.9 8.4 unused VS revive

🔥 ~6x faster, stricter, configurable, extensible, and beautiful drop-in replacement for golint
errcheck

8.2 6.3 unused VS errcheck

errcheck checks that you checked errors.
GoPlantUML

7.9 3.9 unused VS GoPlantUML

PlantUML Class Diagram Generator for golang projects
gcvis

7.5 0.0 unused VS gcvis

DISCONTINUED. Visualise Go program GC trace data in real time
PHP-Parser

7.3 0.0 unused VS PHP-Parser

PHP parser written in Go
interfacer

7.0 0.0 unused VS interfacer

DISCONTINUED. A linter that suggests interface types.
golines

7.0 4.3 unused VS golines

A golang formatter that fixes long lines
goast-viewer

7.0 0.0 unused VS goast-viewer

Golang AST visualizer
go-cleanarch

7.0 1.8 unused VS go-cleanarch

Clean architecture validator for go, like a The Dependency Rule and interaction between packages in your Go projects.
goreturns

6.6 0.0 unused VS goreturns

A gofmt/goimports-like tool for Go programmers that fills in Go return statements with zero values to match the func return types
go-mod-outdated

6.6 2.2 unused VS go-mod-outdated

Find outdated dependencies of your Go projects. go-mod-outdated provides a table view of the go list -u -m -json all command which lists all dependencies of a Go project and their available minor and patch updates. It also provides a way to filter indirect dependencies and dependencies without updates.
todocheck

6.2 4.6 unused VS todocheck

A static code analyser for annotated TODO comments
Chronos

6.0 3.9 unused VS Chronos

Chronos - A static race detector for the go language
unconvert

6.0 3.9 unused VS unconvert

Remove unnecessary type conversions from Go source
dupl

5.8 0.0 unused VS dupl

a tool for code clone detection
tickgit

5.7 0.0 unused VS tickgit

Manage your repository's TODOs, tickets and checklists as config in your codebase.
GoCover.io

5.4 0.0 unused VS GoCover.io

GoCover.io offers the code coverage of any golang package as a service.
gostatus

5.3 0.0 unused VS gostatus

A command line tool that shows the status of Go repositories.
apicompat

4.9 0.0 unused VS apicompat

apicompat checks recent changes to a Go project for backwards incompatible changes
go-checkstyle

4.7 0.0 unused VS go-checkstyle

checkstyle for go
validate

3.7 2.5 unused VS validate

A Go package to automatically validate fields with tags
ChainJacking

3.6 0.0 unused VS ChainJacking

Find which of your direct GitHub dependencies is susceptible to RepoJacking attacks
lint

3.5 0.0 unused VS lint

Run linters from Go code -
testifylint

3.2 8.9 unused VS testifylint

The Golang linter that checks usage of github.com/stretchr/testify.
asty

3.1 1.4 unused VS asty

Converts golang AST to JSON and JSON to AST
GolangCI

3.1 0.0 unused VS GolangCI

DISCONTINUED. Central issue tracker for the GolangCI project
go-outdated

2.7 0.0 unused VS go-outdated

DISCONTINUED. Console application that displays outdated packages.
usestdlibvars

2.6 3.9 unused VS usestdlibvars

A linter that detect the possibility to use variables/constants from the Go standard library.
tarp

1.6 0.0 unused VS tarp

DISCONTINUED. tarp finds functions and methods without direct unit tests in Go source code.
phpunisher

0.6 0.0 unused VS phpunisher

Finds smelly php code pieces
gosimple

0.2 - unused VS gosimple

gosimple is a linter for Go source code that specialises on simplifying code.
staticcheck

0.2 - unused VS staticcheck

staticcheck is go vet on steroids, applying a ton of static analysis checks you might be used to from tools like ReSharper for C#.
Golint online

- unused VS Golint online

Lints online Go source files on GitHub, Bitbucket and Google Project Hosting using the golint package.
blanket

- unused VS blanket

blanket is a tool that helps you catch functions which don't have direct unit tests in your Go packages.