Biome

Fast, all-in-one toolchain for web projects: linter, formatter, and analyzer.

Best for: Frontend developers wanting to replace slow ESLint and Prettier setups with a single fast binary

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4.8/5Editorial score 92/100biomejs.dev

Entry plan

Free Forever (MIT)

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The editorial note

What to know about Biome

Biome is a high-performance web development toolchain written in Rust that unifies formatting and linting into a single blazing-fast tool. Serving as the official successor to Rome, Biome formats JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, and JSON with 97% Prettier compatibility while executing up to 35x faster than ESLint.

Is it right for you?

Who Biome suits

Choose it if

Frontend developers wanting to replace slow ESLint and Prettier setups with a single fast binary

Look elsewhere if

Projects relying on dozens of obscure ESLint plugins not yet supported by Biome

What you get

Key features

Blazing fast Rust-based formatter and linter
Prettier-compatible code formatting
First-class TypeScript, JSX, and JSON support
Actionable diagnostic messages with code fixes
Official VS Code, IntelliJ, and Neovim editor extensions
Single configuration file (biome.json)

Works with

Integrations5

VS CodeGitHub ActionsNext.jsTypeScriptPrettier

What it costs

Pricing

Biome pricing plans
Plan	Price	What it includes
Open Source	Free Forever (MIT)Billed one-time	100% free under MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses, unlimited files, open-source community support

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The trade-off

Pros and cons

Pros

Extremely fast: formats and lints large enterprise codebases in milliseconds
Drop-in replacement for Prettier with high compatibility out of the box
Zero configuration required for common TypeScript and React rules

Cons

Ecosystem of community lint rules is still growing compared to mature ESLint
Plugin architecture is still undergoing evolution

Quick read

At a glance

Category: Development & Coding
Pricing model: Free
Entry plan: Free Forever (MIT)
Free plan: Available
Free trial: Not listed
Website: biomejs.dev

The verdict

Our take on Biome

Biome represents the future of JavaScript tooling, drastically improving CI pipeline speed and developer happiness.

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