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Best Reek Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from linters ranked against Reek on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Cppcheck Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.7
    Reek vs Cppcheck
  2. 2
    Biome Free plan extensionLinuxMacWebWin Free7.4
    Reek vs Biome
  3. 3
    Astral Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.3
    Reek vs Astral
  4. 4
    PMD Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.3
    Reek vs PMD
  5. 5
    Ruff Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.3
    Reek vs Ruff
  6. 6
    ShellCheck Free plan extensionLinuxMacWebWin Free7.2
    Reek vs ShellCheck
  7. 7
    detekt Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.1
    Reek vs detekt
  8. 8
    golangci-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    Reek vs golangci-lint
  9. 9
    Oxc Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.1
    Reek vs Oxc
  10. 10
    SQLFluff Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    Reek vs SQLFluff
  11. 11
    Stylelint Free plan apiLinuxMacWin Free7.1
    Reek vs Stylelint
  12. 12
    Luacheck Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Reek vs Luacheck
  13. 13
    ESLint Free plan apiextensionself-hosted Free6.8
    Reek vs ESLint
  14. 14
    Hadolint WinMacLinuxWeb 6.3
    Reek vs Hadolint
  15. 15
    PHPMD Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.3
    Reek vs PHPMD
  16. 16
    actionlint WebWinMacLinux 6.2
    Reek vs actionlint
  17. 17
    Clippy WinMacLinux 6.2
    Reek vs Clippy
  18. 18
    HLint Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.2
    Reek vs HLint
  19. 19
    Staticcheck WinMacLinux 6.2
    Reek vs Staticcheck
  20. 20
    SwiftLint WinMacLinux 6.2
    Reek vs SwiftLint

Reek alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Cppcheck7.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Biome7.4Free planFreeBrowser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3Astral7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
4PMD7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Ruff7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6ShellCheck7.2Free planFreeBrowser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
7detekt7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
8golangci-lint7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9Oxc7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
10SQLFluff7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Stylelint7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Windows
12Luacheck7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13ESLint6.8Free planFreeAPI, Browser, self-hosted
14Hadolint6.3No—Windows, Mac, Linux, Web
15PHPMD6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
16actionlint6.2No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux
17Clippy6.2No—Windows, Mac, Linux
18HLint6.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
19Staticcheck6.2No—Windows, Mac, Linux
20SwiftLint6.2No—Windows, Mac, Linux
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Questions about Reek alternatives

What is the best alternative to Reek?

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 Reek?

Cppcheck is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 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.