oxicop is billed as an extremely fast Ruby linter, written in Rust.
oxicop reads .rubocop.yml from your project root automatically — no extra flags needed.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- A drop-in rubocop replacement. 2-30x faster with the same .rubocop.yml config.
- Replaces rubocop for the most common linting checks — no Ruby runtime needed.
- 570 built-in cops across Layout, Style, Lint, Naming, Metrics, and Security categories.
- Native parallelism. Files are checked concurrently out of the box.
- A single static binary. ~3MB. No dependencies. Installs in seconds.
- Built-in .gitignore support. Respects your project structure automatically.
- JSON, compact, and human-readable output formats for CI and editor integrations.
- Reads your existing .rubocop.yml — enable, disable, and configure cops without learning a new format.
Website: github.com/npow/oxicop
Support:
Developer: oxicop contributors
License: MIT License
oxicop is written in Ruby. Learn Ruby with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Ruby Linters | |
|---|---|
| RuboCop | Ruby static code analyzer and formatter |
| Reek | Examines Ruby classes, modules, and methods |
| Brakeman | Static analysis tool |
| ERB Lint | Lint your ERB or HTML files |
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