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Biome Has a Free Toolchain That Replaces ESLint and Prettier in One Binary

Biome Has a Free Toolchain That Replaces ESLint and Prettier in One Binary

via Dev.to JavaScriptAlex Spinov

ESLint + Prettier = 2 tools, 2 configs, 2 sets of plugins, and frequent conflicts between them. Biome replaces both with a single Rust-powered binary that's 100x faster. What Biome Gives You for Free Linter — 300+ rules, ESLint-compatible Formatter — Prettier-compatible output One binary — no plugins, no conflicts 100x faster — Rust-powered, parallel processing Zero config — works out of the box with sensible defaults Import sorting — built-in, no plugin needed JS, TS, JSX, TSX, JSON, CSS — all supported Quick Start npm install -D @biomejs/biome npx biome init Speed Comparison # Format 1000 files: Prettier: 4.2s Biome: 0.04s ← 100x faster # Lint 1000 files: ESLint: 12.8s Biome: 0.12s ← 100x faster Usage # Format files npx biome format --write . # Lint files npx biome lint --write . # Both at once npx biome check --write . # CI mode (check without writing) npx biome ci . Configuration (biome.json) { "formatter" : { "indentStyle" : "space" , "indentWidth" : 2 , "lineWidth" : 100 }, "lint

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