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The Oxidation Compiler is creating a suite of high-performance tools for JavaScript and TypeScript.
Oxlint
This is the linter for oxc.
See usage instructions.
Run
npx --yes oxlint@latestin your JavaScript / TypeScript codebase and see it complete in milliseconds. No configurations are required.npx oxlint@latest --helpfor quick usage instructions.npx oxlint@latest --rulesfor the list of rules.
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Linter for the JavaScript Oxidation Compiler
The npm package oxlint receives a total of 342,885 weekly downloads. As such, oxlint popularity was classified as popular.
We found that oxlint demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 29 Dec 2025
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