flycheck vs kibit-runner

flycheck

On the fly syntax checking for GNU Emacs (by flycheck)

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flycheck		kibit-runner
	Project
6	Mentions	1
2,384	Stars	-
0.9%	Growth	-
9.0	Activity	-
5 days ago	Latest Commit	-
Emacs Lisp	Language
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	-

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flycheck

Posts with mentions or reviews of flycheck. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-04.

Eask: v0.8.x released
10 projects | /r/emacs | 4 Apr 2023

So for correction to myself, the issue isn't regarding 3rd-party software. Is weather the software work great on each OS. Regarding Python vs Node.js, you can see the thread in flycheck/#1957.
Flycheck unavailable?
1 project | /r/emacs | 21 Mar 2023

Not sure if you tried using google. https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck lists a direct link to installation instructions.
Integrating ruff-lsp with emacs (python)
1 project | /r/emacs | 27 Dec 2022
Emacs 29.1 is going to be released in 2023 spring with built-in LSP support (Eglot)
4 projects | /r/emacs | 24 Sep 2022

Good luck with that.
What does your workflow look like on Linux?
13 projects | /r/linux | 14 Aug 2022

flycheck for syntax checking if you feel like it (some LSP packages overlap with or use this for similar features)
Is there something similar to remote containers in emacs?
5 projects | /r/emacs | 8 Jun 2021

Second this. Also FYI, https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck/pull/1842

kibit-runner

Posts with mentions or reviews of kibit-runner. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-08.

Is there something similar to remote containers in emacs?
5 projects | /r/emacs | 8 Jun 2021

Forgot to add, https://gitlab.com/tvaughan/kibit-runner This is setup using the above approach, and is an experimental playground of sorts. HEAD is not guaranteed to be stable. It’s currently setup to use podman, for example

What are some alternatives?

When comparing flycheck and kibit-runner you can also consider the following projects:

doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]

docker.el - Manage docker from Emacs.

docker-tramp.el - TRAMP integration for docker containers

docker-compose-mode - Major mode for editing docker-compose files

flycheck-title - show flycheck errors in the frame title

flycheck-aspell - Spell check in Emacs using Flycheck/Flymake and Aspell

leaf.el - Flexible, declarative, and modern init.el package configuration

awesome-elisp - 🏵️ A curated list of Emacs Lisp development resources

jdee - The JDEE is an add-on software package that turns Emacs into a comprehensive system for creating, editing, debugging, and documenting Java applications.