lint-staged
Run linters on git staged files to catch issues before commit.
Dev workflow and config npm MIT
Used in agent projects
591
4.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#4 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
29.5M
npm, last 7 days, lint-staged
GitHub stars
14.7K
last push Sep 26, 2026
How lint-staged is used
lint-staged is a dependency in 591 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (4.7%), #4 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use Husky (90.4%), Prettier (73.4%), ESLint (74.8%). It is more common in projects set up for OpenAI Codex (14.5%) than for GitHub Copilot (8.0%).
Often used with lint-staged
| Husky | 90.4% of lint-staged projects · 14.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Prettier | 73.4% of lint-staged projects · 4.2× more than average |
| ESLint | 74.8% of lint-staged projects · 2.0× more than average |
| Vitest | 39.9% of lint-staged projects · 3.3× more than average |
| TypeScript | 83.8% of lint-staged projects · 1.5× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 32.1% of lint-staged projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Testing Library | 26.1% of lint-staged projects · 3.6× more than average |
| jsdom | 20.1% of lint-staged projects · 3.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 9.0% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 8.0% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 9.5% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 14.5% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 12.6% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 12.8% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 9.5% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 8.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list lint-staged as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install lint-staged |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (407), Next.js (139), Python (13), Rust (13) |
| Example projects | WordPress/gutenberg, cosscom/coss, NG-ZORRO/ng-zorro-antd, un-pany/v3-admin-vite, crbnos/carbon |
Alternatives to lint-staged
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dotenv npm Load environment variables from .env files into process.env. |
2,001 (15.8%) | 189M | 20.5K | BSD-2-Clause |
| python-dotenv pypi Load environment variables from .env files in Python applications. |
828 (6.5%) | 156M | 8,898 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Husky npm Modern Git hooks manager for running tasks on git events. |
797 (6.3%) | 36.2M | 35.3K | MIT |
| concurrently npm Run multiple npm scripts concurrently for efficient development workflows. |
572 (4.5%) | 22.2M | 7,856 | MIT |
| cross-env npm Set environment variables across Windows, Mac and Linux in npm scripts. |
265 (2.1%) | 25.8M | 6,521 | MIT |
| Pydantic Settings pypi Settings management and configuration from environment variables using Pydantic. |
251 (2.0%) | 96.8M | 1,475 | — |
| Rich pypi Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in terminal output. |
243 (1.9%) | 117M | 57.5K | MIT |
| rimraf npm Cross-platform delete directories and files recursively like Unix rm -rf command. |
230 (1.8%) | 16M | 5,855 | BlueOak-1.0.0 |