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title: Introduction
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`golangci-lint` is a fast linters runner for Go.

It runs linters in parallel, uses caching, supports YAML configuration,
integrates with all major IDEs, and includes over a hundred linters.

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## Features

- ⚡ [Very fast](/product/performance): runs linters in parallel, reuses Go build cache and caches analysis results.
- ⚙️ YAML-based [configuration](/usage/configuration).
- 🖥 [Integrations](/welcome/integrations) with VS Code, Sublime Text, GoLand, GNU Emacs, Vim, GitHub Actions.
- 🥇 [A lot of linters](/usage/linters) included, no need to install them.
- 📈 Minimum number of [false positives](/usage/false-positives) because of tuned default settings.
- 🔥 Nice output with colors, source code lines and marked `identifiers`.

[Get started now!](/welcome/install)

## Supporting Us

[![Open Collective backers and sponsors](https://img.shields.io/opencollective/all/golangci-lint?logo=opencollective&style=for-the-badge)](https://opencollective.com/golangci-lint)
[![GitHub Sponsors](https://img.shields.io/github/sponsors/golangci?logo=github&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/sponsors/golangci)
[![Linter Authors](https://img.shields.io/badge/Linter-Authors-blue?style=for-the-badge)](https://golangci-lint.run/product/thanks/)

`golangci-lint` is a free and open-source project built by volunteers.

If you value it, consider supporting us, we appreciate it! ❤️

## Demo

![golangci-lint demo](./demo.gif)

[Get started now!](/welcome/install)

## License Scan

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## Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [How to contribute](/contributing/workflow/).

[![golangci-lint contributors](https://contributors-img.web.app/image?repo=golangci/golangci-lint)](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/graphs/contributors)

<!-- TODO: use `allcontributors` -->

## Stargazers over time

[![Stargazers over time](https://starchart.cc/golangci/golangci-lint.svg)](https://starchart.cc/golangci/golangci-lint)
