Best Hadolint Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 tools from linters ranked against Hadolint on the same published basis.
- 1Hadolint vs Cppcheck
- 2Hadolint vs Biome
- 3Hadolint vs Astral
- 4Hadolint vs PMD
- 5Hadolint vs Ruff
- 6Hadolint vs detekt
- 7Hadolint vs golangci-lint
- 8Hadolint vs Oxc
- 9Hadolint vs SQLFluff
- 10Hadolint vs Stylelint
- 11Hadolint vs Luacheck
- 12Hadolint vs ESLint
- 14Hadolint vs PHPMD
- 15Hadolint vs ShellCheck
- 16Hadolint vs actionlint
- 17Hadolint vs Clippy
- 18Hadolint vs HLint
- 19Hadolint vs Staticcheck
- 20Hadolint vs SwiftLint
- 21Hadolint vs cpplint
Hadolint alternatives compared
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cppcheck | 7.7 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 2 | Biome | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Astral | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 4 | PMD | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 5 | Ruff | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 6 | detekt | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | golangci-lint | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 8 | Oxc | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 9 | SQLFluff | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 10 | Stylelint | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | Luacheck | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 12 | ESLint | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, self-hosted |
| 14 | PHPMD | 6.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 15 | ShellCheck | 6.3 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 16 | actionlint | 6.2 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 17 | Clippy | 6.2 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 18 | HLint | 6.2 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 19 | Staticcheck | 6.2 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 20 | SwiftLint | 6.2 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 21 | cpplint | 6.0 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
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Questions about Hadolint alternatives
What is the best alternative to Hadolint?
Cppcheck, number 1 in linters with a score of 7.7 out of 10. The others here: Biome, Astral, PMD and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Hadolint?
Cppcheck is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.