What are the best Vim plugins that check for syntax errors?

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What are the best Vim plugins that check for syntax errors?

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Best Vim plugins that check for syntax errors	Price	Last Updated
51 ale	-	Jul 10, 2021
-- Syntastic	-	Jan 2, 2020
-- neomake	-	Feb 24, 2020

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ale

Top Pro

Runs asynchronously

Warns of syntax errors as-you-type - you don't have to wait until you save your code or manually invoke syntax-checking (can be disabled). See More

Top Con

Mixes responsibilities (LSP support)

While main purpose of ALE is to run linters and fixers it also supports some (not all) of the LSP calls. The developer likes this functionality but it's a somewhat popular opinion ALE could relay on a different project for this and therefore delegate some of the maintenance burden. See More

TranquilXquic's Experience

neomake is better See More

Top Pro

Lints as you type

Doesn't wait for you to save before linting, it lints the buffer, not the file. See More

AwareIpabog's Experience

Good support and works nice! See More

Top Pro

Add fixers (prettier, standard...)

Top Pro

Works with Language Server Protocol

Top Pro

Works with minimal configuration "out-of-the-box"

ALE can be used almost immediately after installation. Some linters that need fiddling before they're usable with Neomake or Syntastic will "just work" on ALE. See More

Top Pro

Being actively developed

Ale has a large, active community that keeps integration with language backends up to date See More

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score 16 · Answer 2

Syntastic

Top Con

Asynchronous checking could be a nice to have

Really, running checks when saving a buffer is more than enough though. See More

Top Pro

Supports a huge number of syntax checkers and linters

Nearly every code quality tool you can think of is supported, including jslint, jshint, pylint, pyflakes, cpplint, csslint, and checkstyle. See More

Elias Van Ootegem's Experience

The extensive list of supported languages and tools is what drew me in. The performance, configurability, and seamless integration got me sold. To me, this is one of the best vim plugins out there See More

Top Pro

Highly configurable

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Very actively maintained

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neomake

Top Pro

Lean and meaan, not bloated with irrelevant features as ALE (e.g. autocompletion)

MightySandas's Experience

Too slow See More

Top Pro

Asynchronous (in neovim and vim8)

When used with neovim or vim 8+, builds/tests/linters run in the background and report the results when they come in. See More

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What are the best Vim plugins that check for syntax errors?

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ale

My Recommendation for ale

My Recommendation for ale

Runs asynchronously

Mixes responsibilities (LSP support)

Lints as you type

Add fixers (prettier, standard...)

Works with Language Server Protocol

Works with minimal configuration "out-of-the-box"

Being actively developed

Syntastic

My Recommendation for Syntastic

My Recommendation for Syntastic

Asynchronous checking could be a nice to have

Supports a huge number of syntax checkers and linters

Highly configurable

Very actively maintained

neomake

My Recommendation for neomake

My Recommendation for neomake

Lean and meaan, not bloated with irrelevant features as ALE (e.g. autocompletion)

Asynchronous (in neovim and vim8)

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YouCompleteMe (c++)

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