Husky
Ranked 4 of 5 Git hooks managers by recommenders
Sets up git hooks automatically when you install a project's dependencies, so hooks run for everyone on the team. Critics say it assumes a single tech stack and lacks out-of-the-box support that pre-commit offers.
Sets up git hooks automatically when you install a project's dependencies, so hooks run for everyone on the team. Critics say it assumes a single tech stack and lacks out-of-the-box support that pre-commit offers.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Assumes a single tech stack
“husky, cargo-husky, etc. are great, but they assume you're mainly using one tech stack”
Comment from 21 Apr 2026 in “Using Changesets in a polyglot monorepo” Lacks out-of-the-box support
“they don't offer the out-of-the-box support that pre-commit does”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Better pre-commit, re-engineered in Rust” Runs shell scripts in postinstall
“shell scripts in npm postinstall operations touching .git/hooks”
Comment from 23 Apr 2026 in “Highlights from Git 2.54”
Other Git hooks managers people recommend
The four most recommended other Git hooks managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre-commit | 24 | 20 | 55% | 7 | — | — |
| prek | 13 | 6 | 68% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Lefthook | 7 | 2 | 78% | 6 | — | — |
| HuskyThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 3 | — | — |
| hk | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Hook them to git pre-commit, either yourself or with husky or python pre-commit.”
“I can't imagine myself using agents today without them, it would require a lot of babysitting.”
“shell scripts in npm postinstall operations touching .git/hooks”
“which automatically sets up the git hooks when you install the project's dependencies during development”
“husky, cargo-husky, etc. are great, but they assume you're mainly using one tech stack”
“I don't share the same criticism for lefthook or husky. I think those are fine”
“they don't offer the out-of-the-box support that pre-commit does”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.