# golangci-lint

12 Hacker News commenters recommended golangci-lint and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Developers recommend it as a comprehensive, one-stop Go linter that bundles many linters and runs locally. Critics note it is slow, even with a cache.

## Why people recommend it

- One-stop bundle of many linters (2 comments): "I like the convenience of a one stop shop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46103797)) "it's nice to be able to pick them all up in one fell swoop, but they're nothing like Coverity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224484))
- Comprehensive and widely used (2 comments): "golangci-lint is quite comprehensive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056849)) "Golang-ci exists for a while and everyone is using it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057267))

## What people warn about

- Slow, even with a cache (3 comments): "it's okay but it's slow even with a cache" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057309)) "Takes nearly 5 minutes on our codebase after any change" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263214)) "It's like 100 times slower than ruff." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057748))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ruff](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ruff.md): 115 recommend
- [Clippy (Rust linter)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clippy.md): 58 recommend
- [ESLint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eslint.md): 32 recommend
- [Biome](https://hackerapproved.com/p/biome.md): 23 recommend
- [Oxlint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oxlint.md): 20 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "golangci-lint", https://hackerapproved.com/p/golangci-lint/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).