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revive vs Staticcheck
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | revive | Staticcheck |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Go |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Stars | 5.6k | 6.9k |
| Latest | v1.17.1 | 2026.2.2 |
| Last push | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-12 |
| Release cadence | about 28 days between releases | about 52 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 13 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 10 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace golangci-lint. Alternatives to golangci-lint →
PartialreviveOne configurable linter focused on style, run on its own without aggregating others.
PartialStaticcheckOne linter focused on bugs and performance, run on its own without aggregating others.
revive
- v1.17.12026-10-07A patch release with fixes for rules that reused configuration across runs and for false positives/negatives.
- v1.17.02026-09-23The documentation website revive.run has been rebuilt with Hugo, replacing the Gatsby site that had served the docs sin…
- v1.16.02026-08-21Add new rule multiline-if-init
- v1.15.02026-03-06BREAKING CHANGE: package-related checks moved from var-naming to a new rule package-naming.
- v1.14.02026-02-10feature: new rule epoch-naming
revive
✓ signed The latest release, v1.17.1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Staticcheck
✓ signed The latest release, 2026.2.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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