Alternatives to ruff
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. ruff itself: install ruff.
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
rumdl
Fast Markdown linter and formatter written in Rust
black
The uncompromising Python code formatter
scc
Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go
kibi
A text editor in ≤1024 lines of code, written in Rust
prettier
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter
hadolint
Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
boa
Boa is an embeddable Javascript engine written in Rust
shimmy
⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary
maturin
Build and publish crates with pyo3, cffi and uniffi bindings as well as rust binaries as python packages
credo
A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language with a focus on code consistency and teaching
autorest
OpenAPI (f.k.a Swagger) Specification code generator. Supports C#, PowerShell, Go, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python
autopep8
A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide
cbindgen
A project for generating C bindings from Rust code
drill
Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
dotter
A dotfile manager and templater written in rust 🦀
dep-tree
Tool for helping developers keep their code bases clean and decoupled. It allows visualising a code base complexity using a 3d force-directed graph of
cargo-geiger
Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies
gdtoolkit
Independent set of GDScript tools - parser, linter, formatter, and more
lstr
A fast, minimalist directory tree viewer, written in Rust
Ajour
A World of Warcraft addon manager written in Rust
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than ruff — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
ruff is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.