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elm-format

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Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
Web—Yes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Code formatters7.8 (#5)7.8 (#7)
Spec score · Code Formatting Tools7.9 (#11)7.9 (#12)
Editor integrationsThe README lists integrations for Atom, Light Table, Vim, Emacs, Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, JetBrains IDEs, and TextMate.The setup guide documents integrations including VS Code, Sublime Text, PyCharm, and Zed.
Purposeelm-format formats Elm source code according to rules based on the official Elm Style Guide.Ruff is a Python linter and code formatter written in Rust.

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Ruff

Ruff is a Python linter and code formatter written in Rust, available free under a permissive open-source license. It includes more than 900 built-in lint rules, including native versions of popular Flake8 plugin rules, and can automatically correct violations such as unused imports. Its formatter aims to serve as a replacement for Black, though the documentation allows for differences in some cases. The built-in Ruff Language Server supplies diagnostics, fixes, and formatting; the documentation recommends pairing it with another Python language server for navigation and autocompletion. Setup guidance covers VS Code, Sublime Text, PyCharm, and Zed, while CI support includes GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and pre-commit hooks. Ruff can be installed through uv, pip, pipx, standalone installers, Homebrew, Conda, and other package managers. It supports configuration in pyproject.toml, ruff.toml, or .ruff.toml. A Bandit-derived rule group checks for common Python security issues. Ruff runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and is also published as a Docker image. The maker describes it as 10–100x faster than tools such as Flake8 and Black.

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