Biome vs goimports
Biome
biomejs.devgoimports
pkg.go.devSide by side
| Figure | Biome | goimports |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Code Formatting Tools | 8.2 (#6) | 7.7 (#17) |
| Editor integrations | First-party extensions are available for VS Code, IntelliJ, and Zed. | The documentation describes using goimports with Emacs, Vim, and GoSublime, and says it can be configured for other editors. |
| Purpose | Biome is a toolchain for web projects that provides tools to maintain project health. | goimports updates Go import lines by adding missing imports and removing unreferenced imports. |
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In their own words
Biome
Biome is a toolchain for maintaining the health of web projects. It formats JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, TSX, JSON, HTML, CSS, and GraphQL, and provides lint rules for JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, CSS, and GraphQL. Linting can report diagnostics and apply safe fixes. Its check command can format files, lint them, and organize imports in one run. Biome is distributed as a standalone executable, so it does not require Node.js. Installation instructions cover npm, pnpm, bun, deno, and yarn. First-party editor extensions are available for VS Code, IntelliJ, and Zed; community extensions include Vim, Neovim, and Sublime Text. The getting-started guide links to CI integrations for GitHub Actions and GitLab CI. Biome describes itself as open source and lists MIT or Apache 2.0 licensing. The open-source toolchain is free. Contributors may offer commercial support, but requests depend on their availability.