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Oxlint

Oxlint

Blazing fast JavaScript linter

Oxlint is a JavaScript/TypeScript linter written in Rust that's 50-100x faster than ESLint. Part of the OXC (Oxidation Compiler) project.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Ship

50x faster than ESLint with zero config. Catches the most impactful lint rules without the plugin complexity.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Ship

The speed makes linting instantaneous in editors and CI. The focused rule set means less noise than full ESLint.

The Futurist

The Futurist

Big Picture

Ship

Rust-based linting joins SWC, Rspack, and Biome in the JavaScript Rust toolchain revolution.

Community Sentiment

Overall2,299 mentions
74% positive18% neutral8% negative
Hacker News498 mentions

50-100x faster than ESLint is not marketing — ran it on a 500k LOC monorepo, went from 45s to under 1s. Jaw dropped

Reddit662 mentions

Oxlint for fast feedback loop plus ESLint for full coverage is the move right now — best of both worlds

Twitter/X950 mentions

Oxlint in CI cut our lint step from 2 minutes to 3 seconds. The Rust-in-JS-tooling revolution is real

Product Hunt189 mentions

This is what ESLint should have been — the speed difference on large codebases has to be experienced to be believed