Codacy vs custom_lint

Codacy8.3Visit custom_lint7.3Visit

Higher score Codacy #2 in Dart Flutter Static Analysis Tools 8.3/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Codacy

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custom_lint #8 in Dart Flutter Static Analysis Tools 7.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit custom_lint

• Codacy fits best

  Teams seeking hosted, multi-language code analysis

• custom_lint fits best

  Teams building and testing custom Dart lint rules

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Side by side

Feature	Codacy 8.3/10 Visit ↗	custom_lint 7.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.3	7.3
Ranking	#2 in Dart Flutter Static Analysis Tools	#8 in Dart Flutter Static Analysis Tools
Best for	Teams seeking hosted, multi-language code analysis	Teams building and testing custom Dart lint rules
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	$18/user/mo	Free plan
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Windows, macOS, Linux
Integrations	5 integrations	1 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Codacy 1/4 · custom_lint 3/4
Dart analysis	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Flutter analysis	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Security analysis	✓ (best)	—
CI integration	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Deployment	Not checked yet	Self-hosted
IDE support	Not checked yet	Multiple
Our review
Pros	Free Developer plan includes IDE plugins and security and quality scans. Analyzes Dart alongside a broad range of languages and tools. Team adds pull-request merge gates, coverage reports, Jira, and Slack.	Build, configure, and selectively enable custom lint rules. Includes CLI analysis, rule tests, quick fixes, and assists. Supports Flutter projects, plugin debugging, and hot reload.
Cons	Cloud-only deployment may not suit teams requiring self-hosting. Team costs $18 per user monthly with annual billing, or $21 monthly. Flutter-specific analysis depth is not established by the listed features.	No longer under active development; new lints are directed to analysis_server_plugin. Focused on custom rules rather than a broad prebuilt ruleset. Its listed IDE integration is Visual Studio Code.
Our verdict	Codacy brings code quality, security, coverage, and coding-policy checks into a hosted service for individual developers and engineering teams. It analyzes Dart among more than 40 supported languages and tools, making it relevant to… Read the review →	custom_lint is an open-source Dart package from Invertase for developers and teams that need to create and apply their own lint rules in Dart and Flutter projects. It supports custom rule development through custom_lint_builder, with a… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Codacy — where it wins

  • Free Developer plan includes IDE plugins and security and quality scans.
  • Analyzes Dart alongside a broad range of languages and tools.
  • Team adds pull-request merge gates, coverage reports, Jira, and Slack.

  Where it doesn't

  • Cloud-only deployment may not suit teams requiring self-hosting.
  • Team costs $18 per user monthly with annual billing, or $21 monthly.
  • Flutter-specific analysis depth is not established by the listed features.

• custom_lint — where it wins

  • Build, configure, and selectively enable custom lint rules.
  • Includes CLI analysis, rule tests, quick fixes, and assists.
  • Supports Flutter projects, plugin debugging, and hot reload.

  Where it doesn't

  • No longer under active development; new lints are directed to analysis_server_plugin.
  • Focused on custom rules rather than a broad prebuilt ruleset.
  • Its listed IDE integration is Visual Studio Code.

• Codacy8.3/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A hosted analysis suite with Dart support, pull-request checks, and a free plan.

  Visit CodacyFull verdict →
• custom_lint7.3/10 · Free plan

  A free, open-source toolkit for authoring and testing custom Dart lints, but no longer actively developed.

  Visit custom_lintFull verdict →