Staticcheck is an advanced static analysis tool for Go. It finds bugs and performance problems, suggests code simplifications and checks compliance with common style conventions.
The tool provides more than 150 checks while deliberately favouring actionable diagnostics and a low false-positive rate. It understands the Go version targeted by a module, so suggestions and standard-library checks are adjusted accordingly.
Staticcheck works with the same package patterns used by the Go toolchain and can be used from the command line, editors and continuous integration systems.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Go-version-aware analysis avoids recommending language and standard-library features unavailable to the target project.
- Understands modern Go features including generics and current standard-library deprecations.
- Configurable check selection through
staticcheck.conf, command-line options and source directives. - Provides detailed explanations for individual diagnostics with the
-explainoption. - Supports standard Go package patterns, allowing individual packages or complete module trees to be analysed.
- Offers several output formats for command-line, editor and automated workflows.
- Designed for CI use with an emphasis on precise diagnostics and few false positives.
- Supports Go’s external build-cache protocol through
GOCACHEPROG.
Website: github.com/dominikh/go-tools
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Developer: Dominik Honnef
License: MIT License
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