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Lefthook Evil Martians

git go golang hacktoberfest hooks lefthook manager
Use this command to install Lefthook:
winget install --id=evilmartians.lefthook -e

Fast and powerful Git hooks manager for any type of projects.

Lefthook is a Git hooks manager designed to streamline development workflows by automating code quality checks, linting, and other pre-commit or pre-push tasks. It supports multiple programming languages and project types, making it versatile for teams working with Node.js, Ruby, Python, and more.

Key Features:

  • Fast Execution: Written in Go, Lefthook runs commands in parallel to speed up your workflow.
  • Flexible Configuration: Define custom jobs, filter files using glob patterns or regular expressions, and execute tasks in specific directories.
  • Docker Support: Run hooks within Docker containers for consistent environments across teams.
  • Local Overrides: Skip or modify commands based on local configurations, useful for frontend/backend developers or CI/CD pipelines.
  • Direct Control: Execute specific groups of hooks manually for testing or debugging purposes.

Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for developers and teams managing projects in Node.js, Ruby, Python, and other languages, Lefthook helps enforce code quality and consistency without adding complexity to your workflow. By automating repetitive tasks, it saves time and reduces human error during the commit process.

Lefthook can be installed via winget, making it easy to integrate into any development environment.

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Lefthook

A Git hooks manager for Node.js, Ruby, Python and many other types of projects.

  • Fast. It is written in Go. Can run commands in parallel.
  • Powerful. It allows to control execution and files you pass to your commands.
  • Simple. It is single dependency-free binary which can work in any environment.

📖 Introduction post

Install

With Go (>= 1.24):

go install github.com/evilmartians/lefthook@latest
  • or as a go tool
go get -tool github.com/evilmartians/lefthook

With NPM:

npm install lefthook --save-dev

For Ruby:

gem install lefthook

For Python:

pip install lefthook

Installation guide with more ways to install lefthook: apt, brew, winget, and others.

Usage

Configure your hooks, install them once and forget about it: rely on the magic underneath.

TL;DR

# Configure your hooks
vim lefthook.yml

# Install them to the git project
lefthook install

# Enjoy your work with git
git add -A && git commit -m '...'

More details

  • Configuration for config options.
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Website
github.com
License
Last Updated
9/11/2025
lefthook.yml
  • Usage for lefthook CLI options, and features.
  • Discussions for questions, ideas, suggestions.

    • Why Lefthook

    • Parallel execution

    Gives you more speed. docs

    pre-push:
  parallel: true

    • Flexible list of files

    If you want your own list. Custom and prebuilt examples.

    pre-commit:
  jobs:
    - name: lint frontend
      run: yarn eslint {staged_files}

    - name: lint backend
      run: bundle exec rubocop --force-exclusion {all_files}

    - name: stylelint frontend
      files: git diff --name-only HEAD @{push}
      run: yarn stylelint {files}

    • Glob and regexp filters

    If you want to filter list of files. You could find more glob pattern examples here.

    pre-commit:
  jobs:
    - name: lint backend
      glob: "*.rb" # glob filter
      exclude: '(^|/)(application|routes)\.rb$' # regexp filter
      run: bundle exec rubocop --force-exclusion {all_files}

    • Execute in sub-directory

    If you want to execute the commands in a relative path

    pre-commit:
  jobs:
    - name: lint backend
      root: "api/" # Careful to have only trailing slash
      glob: "*.rb" # glob filter
      run: bundle exec rubocop {all_files}

    • Run scripts

    If oneline commands are not enough, you can execute files. docs

    commit-msg:
  jobs:
    - script: "template_checker"
      runner: bash

    • Tags

    If you want to control a group of commands. docs

    pre-push:
  jobs:
    - name: audit packages
      tags:
        - frontend
        - linters
      run: yarn lint

    - name: audit gems
      tags:
        - backend
        - security
      run: bundle audit

    • Support Docker

    If you are in the Docker environment. docs

    pre-commit:
  jobs:
    - script: "good_job.js"
      runner: docker run -it --rm  {cmd}

    • Local config

    If you are a frontend/backend developer and want to skip unnecessary commands or override something in Docker. docs

    # lefthook-local.yml
pre-push:
  exclude_tags:
    - frontend
  jobs:
    - name: audit packages
      skip: true

    • Direct control

    If you want to run hooks group directly.

    $ lefthook run pre-commit

    • Your own tasks

    If you want to run specific group of commands directly.

    fixer:
  jobs:
    - run: bundle exec rubocop --force-exclusion --safe-auto-correct {staged_files}
    - run: yarn eslint --fix {staged_files}

    $ lefthook run fixer

    • Control output

    You can control what lefthook prints with output option.

    output:
  - execution
  - failure

    Guides

    • Install with Node.js
    • Install with Ruby
    • Install with Homebrew
    • Install with Winget
    • Install for Debian-based Linux
    • Install for RPM-based Linux
    • Install for Arch Linux
    • Install for Alpine Linux
    • Usage
    • Configuration

    Examples

    Check examples

    Articles

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