The verdict
Oxlint appears in 1 AI-ranked category — best position #3 for javascript linter.
Fastest production linter by a wide margin (50-100x ESLint baseline, 12-18x on type-aware workloads), with stable type-aware linting (tsgolint v7, July 2026) covering 59 of 61 typescript-eslint type-aware rules using the real TypeScript type system via typescript-go; broad rule coverage including React/Jest/import equivalents, low-config defaults focused on correctness, excellent migration tooling, and proven scale for large monorepos/CI without sacrificing semantic depth. Assumes typical practitioner prioritizes catching real TS bugs (floating promises, misused types, etc.) at interactive speeds over niche plugins.
GPT Near-tie with ESLint for many modern codebases: dramatically faster native implementation, strong built-in coverage of major ESLint ecosystems, ESLint-compatible JS plugins, and stable type-aware linting now covers 59 of 61 typescript-eslint type-aware rules. ([Oxc][2])
Claude Extremely fast Rust-based linter (oxc project) built to be a drop-in ESLint accelerator, with hundreds of ported rules and increasingly a type-aware story; ideal as a pre-commit/CI speed layer for very large repos.
Gemini Blazing-fast performance engineered to run 50–100x faster than traditional tooling, making it ideal as a zero-friction pre-commit or CI gate that catches common correctness bugs without complex configuration.
Where Oxlint falls short, per the models
- GPT ESLint-plugin compatibility is not yet absolute—JS plugin support remains alpha and unsupported parser/custom-file edge cases can still force ESLint. ([Oxc][3])
- Claude Still maturing — rule parity and plugin support trail ESLint, so it usually supplements rather than fully replaces it.
- Gemini Focused narrowly on correctness and performance diagnostics rather than comprehensive code style enforcement, custom rule ecosystems, or deep type-checking.
- Grok No built-in formatter (pair with Oxfmt or Prettier) and still-maturing custom/JS plugin story, so not ideal as a complete drop-in for heavily customized ESLint ecosystems without a hybrid pass.
Poll history — On this board 2 of 2 polls since Aug 22 · now #2
#3 → #2
Top alternatives per the models: ESLint · Biome · Deno lint · Semgrep
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