goimports vs rustfmt
goimports
pkg.go.devrustfmt
rust-lang.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | goimports | rustfmt |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Code Formatting Tools | 7.7 (#17) | 8.0 (#10) |
| Editor integrations | The documentation describes using goimports with Emacs, Vim, and GoSublime, and says it can be configured for other editors. | The README lists integrations or usage instructions for Vim, Emacs, Sublime Text 3, Atom, Visual Studio Code, and IntelliJ or CLion. |
| License | The package page identifies its license as BSD-3-Clause and marks it redistributable. | rustfmt is distributed under both the MIT License and Apache License 2.0. |
| Purpose | goimports updates Go import lines by adding missing imports and removing unreferenced imports. | rustfmt formats Rust code according to style guidelines. |
| Support | The package documentation directs users to the Go issue tracker for bugs and feature requests. | The README points users to `rustfmt --help` and `cargo fmt --help` for command usage and arguments. |
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In their own words
rustfmt
rustfmt formats Rust code according to style guidelines. It can format files directly or read code from standard input and write formatted output to standard output. With Cargo, `cargo fmt` formats binary and library targets in a crate and works with workspaces. A `rustfmt.toml` or `.rustfmt.toml` file can hold configuration, including stable and nightly-only options. For automated checks, `--check` returns code 0 when no formatting changes are needed and code 1 when changes would be made; it can be used in CI to fail a build on formatting differences. The README lists editor use with Vim, Emacs, Sublime Text 3, Atom, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, and CLion. Rustfmt is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is distributed under the MIT License and Apache License 2.0. It does not attempt to format comments, and listed limitations also involve macros, unparsable code, fragments, and non-ASCII Unicode. Unstable settings require opt-in on nightly, and the README says the latest version requires the nightly toolchain.