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OCamlFormat vs Ruff

OCamlFormat

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Ruff

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FigureOCamlFormatRuff
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
Web—Yes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
LinuxYesYes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Code formatters7.4 (#13)7.8 (#7)
Spec score · Code Formatting Tools7.4 (#26)7.9 (#12)
InstallationInstallation is through opam, and the README says OCaml and opam are required.Ruff can be installed using uv, pip, pipx, standalone installers, and package managers including Homebrew and Conda.
PurposeOCamlFormat is a code formatter for OCaml.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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