Best JSHint Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 platforms from linters ranked against JSHint on the same published basis.
- 1JSHint vs ESLint
- 2JSHint vs SQLFluff
- 3JSHint vs Stylelint
- 4JSHint vs Cppcheck
- 5JSHint vs PMD
- 6JSHint vs Astral
- 7JSHint vs Biome
- 8JSHint vs detekt
- 9JSHint vs golangci-lint
- 10JSHint vs Oxc
- 11JSHint vs Ruff
- 12JSHint vs Luacheck
- 13JSHint vs Flake8
- 14JSHint vs PassWeb
- 15JSHint vs PHPMD
- 16JSHint vs RuboCop
- 17JSHint vs Checkstyle
- 18JSHint vs clang-tidy
- 19JSHint vs Clippy
- 20JSHint vs Credo
JSHint alternatives compared
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ESLint | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, self-hosted |
| 2 | SQLFluff | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 3 | Stylelint | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 4 | Cppcheck | 6.0 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 5 | PMD | 6.0 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 6 | Astral | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | Biome | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 8 | detekt | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 9 | golangci-lint | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 10 | Oxc | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | Ruff | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 12 | Luacheck | 5.8 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 13 | Flake8 | 5.2 | No | — | — |
| 14 | PassWeb | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
| 15 | PHPMD | 5.2 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 16 | RuboCop | 5.2 | No | — | — |
| 17 | Checkstyle | 5.1 | No | — | — |
| 18 | clang-tidy | 5.1 | No | — | — |
| 19 | Clippy | 5.1 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 20 | Credo | 5.1 | No | — | — |
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Questions about JSHint alternatives
What is the best alternative to JSHint?
ESLint, number 1 in linters with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: SQLFluff, Stylelint, Cppcheck and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to JSHint?
ESLint is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.