MegaLinter is an open-source, highly configurable CI/CD tool that analyzes code quality, formatting, and security issues across 65 languages and multiple formats to ensure clean and consistent project sources.
🦙 MegaLinter analyzes 50 languages, 22 formats, 21 tooling formats, excessive copy-pastes, spelling mistakes and security issues in your repository sources with a GitHub Action, other CI tools or locally.
MegaLinter is used by developers and DevSecOps teams to automate code quality checks, detect security vulnerabilities, and enforce coding standards across diverse languages and file formats within CI/CD pipelines. It integrates natively with major CI/CD platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Azure, enabling seamless code validation before deployment.
MegaLinter is designed to be highly configurable and supports a wide range of languages and formats, making it suitable for diverse projects; users should ensure proper configuration to avoid false positives and optimize performance. Leveraging native CI integrations enhances automation and reporting efficiency.
Use MegaLinter as a GitHub Action by adding it to your workflow file
Run MegaLinter locally by installing the npm package 'mega-linter-runner'
Pull the MegaLinter Docker image from the official repository
Integrate MegaLinter into other CI systems by configuring the provided scripts or Docker containermega-linter-runner
Run MegaLinter locally to analyze your repository sources
docker pull oxsecurity/megalinter
Pull the MegaLinter Docker image for containerized usage
Use MegaLinter GitHub Action in your workflow YAML
Automatically run MegaLinter during GitHub CI workflows