Jarl is a fast linter for R: it does static code analysis to search for programming errors, bugs, and suspicious patterns of code.
Jarl is built on Air, a fast formatter for R written in Rust.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Orders of magnitude faster than lintr and flir1.
- Automatic fixes when possible.
- Support for 25+ lintr rules (and growing).
- Integration in popular IDEs and editors (VS Code, Positron, Zed, …).
- CLI available.
- Multiple output modes (concise, detailed, JSON format).
- CI workflow.
Website: github.com/etiennebacher/jarl
Support:
Developer: Etienne Bacher
License: MIT License
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Related Software
| R Linters | |
|---|---|
| lintr | Provides static code analysis for R |
| jarl | Fast linter for R |
| flir | Parse and rewrite R code |
| flowR | Sophisticated, static dataflow analyzer |
| checkglobals | R package that performs static analysis of R source code dependencies |
| scilintr | Collection of scientific linting tools |
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