Best ShellCheck Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 tools from linters ranked against ShellCheck on the same published basis.
- 1ShellCheck vs Cppcheck
- 2ShellCheck vs Biome
- 3ShellCheck vs Astral
- 4ShellCheck vs PMD
- 5ShellCheck vs Ruff
- 6ShellCheck vs detekt
- 7ShellCheck vs golangci-lint
- 8ShellCheck vs Oxc
- 9ShellCheck vs SQLFluff
- 10ShellCheck vs Stylelint
- 11ShellCheck vs Luacheck
- 12ShellCheck vs ESLint
- 13ShellCheck vs Hadolint
- 14ShellCheck vs PHPMD
- 16ShellCheck vs actionlint
- 17ShellCheck vs Clippy
- 18ShellCheck vs HLint
- 19ShellCheck vs Staticcheck
- 20ShellCheck vs SwiftLint
- 21ShellCheck vs cpplint
ShellCheck 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 |
| 13 | Hadolint | 6.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux, Web |
| 14 | PHPMD | 6.3 | No | — | 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 ShellCheck alternatives
What is the best alternative to ShellCheck?
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 ShellCheck?
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.