ShellCheck VS bash-language-server

Compare ShellCheck vs bash-language-server and see what are their differences.

ShellCheck

ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts (by koalaman)

bash-language-server

A language server for Bash (by bash-lsp)
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ShellCheck bash-language-server
487 23
34,757 1,899
- 3.2%
8.6 9.4
16 days ago 1 day ago
Haskell TypeScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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ShellCheck

Posts with mentions or reviews of ShellCheck. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-21.
  • DevSecOps with AWS- IaC at scale - Building your own platform - Part 1
    8 projects | dev.to | 21 Mar 2024
    ... #************************** Terraform ************************************* ARG TERRAFORM_VERSION=1.7.3 RUN set -ex \ && curl -O https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TERRAFORM_VERSION}/terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip && unzip terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/ RUN set -ex \ && mkdir -p $HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache && echo 'plugin_cache_dir = "$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache"' > ~/.terraformrc #************************* Terragrunt ************************************* ARG TERRAGRUNT_VERSION=0.55.1 RUN set -ex \ && wget https://github.com/gruntwork-io/terragrunt/releases/download/v${TERRAGRUNT_VERSION}/terragrunt_linux_amd64 -q \ && mv terragrunt_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/terragrunt \ && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/terragrunt #*********************** Terramate **************************************** ARG TERRAMATE_VERSION=0.4.5 RUN set -ex \ && wget https://github.com/mineiros-io/terramate/releases/download/v${TERRAMATE_VERSION}/terramate_${TERRAMATE_VERSION}_linux_x86_64.tar.gz \ && tar -xzf terramate_${TERRAMATE_VERSION}_linux_x86_64.tar.gz \ && mv terramate /usr/local/bin/terramate \ && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/terramate #*********************** tfsec ******************************************** ARG TFSEC_VERSION=1.28.5 RUN set -ex \ && wget https://github.com/aquasecurity/tfsec/releases/download/v${TFSEC_VERSION}/tfsec-linux-amd64 \ && mv tfsec-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/tfsec \ && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/tfsec \ && terragrunt --version #**********************Terraform docs ************************************ ARG TERRRAFORM_DOCS_VERSION=0.17.0 RUN set -ex \ && curl -sSLo ./terraform-docs.tar.gz https://terraform-docs.io/dl/v${TERRRAFORM_DOCS_VERSION}/terraform-docs-v${TERRRAFORM_DOCS_VERSION}-$(uname)-amd64.tar.gz \ && tar -xzf terraform-docs.tar.gz \ && chmod +x terraform-docs \ && mv terraform-docs /usr/local/bin/terraform-docs #********************* ShellCheck ***************************************** ARG SHELLCHECK_VERSION="stable" RUN set -ex \ && wget -qO- "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION?}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION?}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz" | tar -xJv \ && cp "shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck" /usr/bin/ \ && shellcheck --version ...
  • Ask HN: Popular open source tool originally written in Haskell?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Feb 2024
  • Google ZX – A tool for writing better scripts
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Feb 2024
    If I want to write better shell scripts I usually run shellcheck and adjust accordingly or if I need facilities not provided by the shell i switch to a full fledged programming language. Ans oh yes, `sh` is present almost on every BSD and Linux box for free so I consider it an important thing to at least be comfortable with.

    shellcheck: https://www.shellcheck.net/

  • How I use Nix in my Elm projects
    8 projects | dev.to | 19 Dec 2023
    When I run nix-shell at the root of the project it puts me in a Nix shell that contains, among other programs, caddy and shellcheck. Notice that in the shellHook I add the project's shell scripts to the PATH. So once I'm in the Nix shell I can, among other things:
  • Shellcheck finds bugs in your shell scripts
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Nov 2023
    The error checks can be pretty arcane:

       https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/Checks
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Nov 2023
    zsh was originally supported, but unceremoniously removed: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/issues/298

    I've had great experiences with this tool, but, for some reason, this issue always makes me question taking too great a dependency on it.

    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Nov 2023
  • Is there a syntax checker?
    2 projects | /r/groff | 24 Oct 2023
    Similar to for instance shellcheck to check the syntax of shell scripts, is there an equivalent for the set of roff commands typically used in a (Linux) man page? I'm aware that e.g. pandoc permits the conversion of an other format (e.g., org) to both roff man and roff ms.
  • Ask HN: How does one practice day to day shell scripting
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Sep 2023
    I forgot to mention "shellcheck" at https://www.shellcheck.net/ and the explanation of its error codes at https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/

    This is also referenced by Shotts, and has been discussed on Hacker News -- not to be missed.

  • Ask HN: Share a shell script you like
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2023
    shellcheck, whilst not a script itself, I do find it useful when writing them.

    - https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck

bash-language-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of bash-language-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-22.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ShellCheck and bash-language-server you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

shfmt - Dockernized shfmt. This formats shell script.

shellharden - The corrective bash syntax highlighter

shfmt - A shell formatter (sh/bash/mksh)

PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!

neomake - Asynchronous linting and make framework for Neovim/Vim

efm-langserver - General purpose Language Server

sh - A shell parser, formatter, and interpreter with bash support; includes shfmt

stan - 🕵️ Haskell STatic ANalyser

hdocs - Haskell docs tool

proot - An chroot-like implementation using ptrace.

maam - A monadic approach to static analysis following the methodology of AAM