Dylint – Rust linting tool

Dylint is a Rust linting tool that lets developers run lints packaged as dynamic libraries rather than being limited to a fixed built-in lint set.

It’s designed for developers and teams who want to create, share, and reuse custom lint collections, with support for loading libraries from the command line, workspace metadata, environment paths, and direct paths. Dylint also includes tooling to help authors create new lint libraries, configure them per workspace, and view results inside editors such as VS Code.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Runs Rust lints from user-specified dynamic libraries.
• Lets developers create new lint libraries with cargo dylint new.
• Supports workspace-based lint configuration through Cargo.toml or dylint.toml.
• Allows configurable lint libraries with per-library settings in dylint.toml.
• Can discover lint libraries via Git repositories, local paths, environment variables, or direct paths.
• Includes utilities such as dylint-link, dylint_library!, and ui_test to help write and test lints.
• Offers integration with rust-analyzer in Visual Studio Code.

Website: github.com/trailofbits/dylint
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Developer: Trail of Bits
License: Apache License 2.0 or MIT License

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