HLint vs JSHint
HLint
github.comJSHint
jshint.comSide by side
| Figure | HLint | JSHint |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Linters | 7.7 (#19) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Audience | The project suggests that beginners may focus on warning hints and that larger projects can add custom hints or rules. | The project says it aims to help JavaScript developers write complex programs while avoiding typos and language gotchas. |
| Configuration | Projects can configure HLint with a .hlint.yaml file, including custom hints and ignored suggestions. | Projects can configure JSHint with a .jshintrc file, package.json jshintConfig or the CLI --config option. |
| License | The repository provides HLint under a BSD-style license that permits redistribution and use in source and binary forms subject to listed conditions. | JSHint is licensed under the MIT Expat license. |
| Purpose | HLint suggests possible improvements to Haskell code, including alternative functions, simplifications, and redundancies. | JSHint is a community-driven static analysis tool that detects errors and potential problems in JavaScript code. |
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In their own words
HLint
HLint is free software for analyzing Haskell source and suggesting possible improvements. It can point out alternative functions, simpler expressions, and redundant code. Every hint identifies the file and line, gives a severity and description, shows the code found, and proposes a replacement. Projects can configure behavior in a .hlint.yaml file, adding custom hints or ignoring selected suggestions. The --refactor flag applies some recommendations and requires the refactor executable from the apply-refact package on PATH. The --report flag creates an interactive HTML findings report. HLint runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, with listed integrations including editor plugins, Haskell Language Server, ghc-mod, Intero, a GHC source plugin, Code Climate, and GitHub Actions. It analyzes one module at a time without type or scope knowledge. Version 3.10 is listed as released February 2, 2024. It is distributed under a BSD-style license.
JSHint
JSHint is a free, open-source static analysis tool for JavaScript. It checks code for syntax errors and potential problems such as implicit type conversion issues and leaking variables. The project aims to help JavaScript developers avoid typos and language gotchas while working on complex programs. JSHint is distributed as a Node module with a library and command-line program, and it can also be used through a JavaScript API. Configuration can come from command-line options, a .jshintrc file, package.json, or inline source directives. Standalone files are available for browser-like environments and Mozilla Rhino, with releases published to npm for Node.js. The install page lists integrations for editors and IDEs including Vim, Emacs, Sublime Text, Visual Studio, VS Code, Eclipse, and JetBrains IDEs, plus build integrations such as Grunt, Ant, Maven, pre-commit, and QUnit. JSHint is licensed under the MIT Expat license. Its documentation cautions that static analysis cannot determine whether a program is correct or fast, or whether it has memory leaks, and recommends using it alongside unit and functional tests and code reviews.