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title: Introduction
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`golangci-lint` is a Go linters aggregator.

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## Features

- ⚡ [Very fast](/usage/performance): runs linters in parallel, reuses Go build cache and caches analysis results.
- ⚙️ Yaml-based [configuration](/usage/configuration).
- 🖥 [integrations](/usage/integrations) with VS Code, GNU Emacs, Sublime Text.
- 🥇 [48 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!](/usage/install)

## Demo

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

Short 1.5 min video demo of analyzing [beego](https://github.com/astaxie/beego).
[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/183662.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/183662)

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

## License Scan

[![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fgolangci%2Fgolangci-lint.svg?type=large)](https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fgolangci%2Fgolangci-lint?ref=badge_large)

## 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)
