ERB Lint is a command-line tool for checking ERB and HTML templates. It combines a collection of template-specific checks with support for additional linters, allowing projects to enforce consistent markup and catch common problems in Rails views and other ERB files.
It can operate with its default settings without requiring a configuration file, while projects that need finer control can define linting behaviour, exclusions and file patterns in a dedicated configuration. Custom linters can also be added for project-specific requirements.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Checks ERB and HTML templates recursively across a project or against explicitly selected files.
- Ships with linters covering whitespace, indentation, ERB tag layout, HTML elements, JavaScript helpers, autocomplete attributes and other template issues.
- Provides security-oriented checks for unsafe interpolation of Ruby data into JavaScript contexts.
- Can enforce Content Security Policy nonce usage on script elements.
- Includes a StrictLocals linter for enforcing strict locals in Rails partial templates.
- Can run RuboCop rules against Ruby statements embedded inside ERB templates.
- Supports project-wide and linter-specific file exclusion patterns and configurable file globs.
- Allows individual rules to be disabled inline and can report unnecessary suppression comments.
- Uses a YAML configuration file to enable, disable and customise individual linters.
- Supports user-written linters, allowing organisations to enforce their own template conventions and requirements.
Website: github.com/Shopify/erb_lint
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Developer: Shopify Inc.
License: MIT License
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|---|---|
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| HAML-Lint | Ruby-based linter for HAML templates |
| Slim-Lint | Configurable tool for analyzing Slim templates |
| ERB Lint | Lint your ERB or HTML files |
| YARD-Lint | For Ruby and Ruby on Rails projects that lint YARD documentation |
| oxicop | Fast Ruby linter |
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