lints

Official Dart lint rules. Defines the 'core' and 'recommended' set of lints suggested by the Dart team.

6.1.0 9.1M downloads/mo #46 most downloaded on pub.dev dart-lang/core

What this package is like to depend on

Last release 6 months ago

30 Jan 2026

Ships fairly regularly

a new release about every 5 months

Nearly every release is documented

notes for 13 of 14 stable releases

Nothing withdrawn

no release was ever pulled

5 years old

17 releases · first in 2021

1 release in the last 12 months

see the full history below

Release timeline

17 releases · Apr 2021 to Jan 2026

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Release Pre-release

Releases

latest 17

6.1.0 30 Jan 2026
Release notes
- recommended:
  - added [use_null_aware_elements] (#899)
  - added [no_wildcard_variable_uses] (#832)
- Run dart format with the new style.
  [use_null_aware_elements]: https://dart.dev/lints/use_null_aware_elements
  [no_wildcard_variable_uses]: https://dart.dev/lints/no_wildcard_variable_uses
Open source →
Release notes
- recommended:
  - added use_null_aware_elements (https://github.com/dart-lang/core/issues/899)
- Run dart format with the new style.
Open source →
Release notes
- recommended:
  - added use_null_aware_elements (https://github.com/dart-lang/core/issues/899)
  - added no_wildcard_variable_uses (https://github.com/dart-lang/core/issues/832)
- Run dart format with the new style.
Open source →
6.0.0 15 Apr 2025
Release notes
- core:
  - added strict_top_level_inference (#836)
- recommended:
  - added unnecessary_underscores (#856)
- Require Dart 3.8.
Open source →
Release notes
- core:
  - added strict_top_level_inference (https://github.com/dart-lang/core/issues/836)
- recommended:
  - added unnecessary_underscores (https://github.com/dart-lang/core/issues/856)
- Require Dart 3.8.
Open source →
5.1.1 20 Dec 2024
Release notes
- Updated the SDK lower bound to 3.6.
- Move to dart-lang/core monorepo.
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Release notes
- Updated the SDK lower bound to 3.6.
- Move to dart-lang/core monorepo.
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5.1.0 25 Sep 2024
Release notes
- core:
  - added unintended_html_in_doc_comment (https://github.com/dart-lang/lints/issues/192)
- Updated the SDK lower bound to 3.6 (dev).
Open source →
5.0.0 25 Sep 2024
Release notes
- recommended:
  - added invalid_runtime_check_with_js_interop_types (https://github.com/dart-lang/lints/issues/188)
  - added unnecessary_library_name (https://github.com/dart-lang/lints/issues/181)
  - removed avoid_null_checks_in_equality_operators (https://github.com/dart-lang/lints/issues/200)
- Updated the SDK lower-bound to 3.5.
Open source →
4.0.0 09 May 2024
Release notes
- core:
  - added library_annotations (https://github.com/dart-lang/lints/issues/177)
  - added no_wildcard_variable_uses (https://github.com/dart-lang/lints/issues/139)
  - removed package_prefixed_library_names (https://github.com/dart-lang/lints/issues/172)
- recommended:
  - removed library_names (https://github.com/dart-lang/lints/issues/181)
- Updated the SDK lower-bound to 3.1.
- Add a section on upgrading to the latest lint set to the readme.
Open source →
3.0.0 18 Oct 2023
Release notes
- core:
  - added collection_methods_unrelated_type
  - added dangling_library_doc_comments
  - added implicit_call_tearoffs
  - added secure_pubspec_urls
  - added type_literal_in_constant_pattern
  - added use_string_in_part_of_directives
  - removed iterable_contains_unrelated_type
  - removed list_remove_unrelated_type
- recommended:
  - added unnecessary_to_list_in_spreads
  - added use_super_parameters
  - removed prefer_equal_for_default_values
  - removed prefer_void_to_null
- Add info about which lints have quick fixes to the package's readme.
- Move the list of lint rules from the readme to a separate rules.md file.
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3.0.0-beta.2 28 Sep 2023 pre-release

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3.0.0-beta 26 Sep 2023 pre-release

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2.1.1 02 Jun 2023
Release notes
- Added the analysis and lints topics to the pubspec file.
- Update the package's readme to include the list of lint rules that package:lints/core.yaml and package:lints/recommended.yaml include.
Open source →
2.1.0 26 Apr 2023
Release notes
- Updated the SDK lower-bound to 3.0.
- Removed always_require_non_null_named_parameters from recommended.yaml as it is only relevant in Dart pre 2.12 and with Dart 3.0, libraries can no longer be opted back that far.
Open source →
2.0.1 20 Oct 2022
Release notes
- Updated documentation for the lib/core.yaml and lib/recommended.yaml analysis configurations.
Open source →
2.0.0 17 Mar 2022
Release notes
- Added the following lints to core.yaml:
  - depend_on_referenced_packages
  - null_check_on_nullable_type_parameter
- Added the following lints to recommended.yaml:
  - library_private_types_in_public_api
  - no_leading_underscores_for_library_prefixes
  - no_leading_underscores_for_local_identifiers
  - prefer_interpolation_to_compose_strings
  - unnecessary_constructor_name
  - unnecessary_late
  - unnecessary_null_aware_assignments
  - unnecessary_nullable_for_final_variable_declarations
- Bumped the minimum required Dart SDK version to 2.17
Open source →
1.0.1 12 May 2021
Release notes
- Documentation updates
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1.0.0 12 May 2021
Release notes
- Initial stable version
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1.0.0-dev.0 05 May 2021 pre-release

Nothing published for this version
0.1.0 27 Apr 2021

Nothing published for this version

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