Command-line tool

ansible-lint

brew/ansible-lint

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Checks ansible playbooks for practices and behaviour

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install ansible_lint

macOS

brew install ansible-lint
pipx install ansible_lint

Linux

brew install ansible-lint
pipx install ansible_lint

Lint a specific playbook and a role directory

ansible-lint path/to/playbook_file path/to/role_directory

Lint a playbook while excluding specific rules

ansible-lint -x rule1,rule2,... path/to/playbook_file

Lint a playbook in offline mode and format output as PEP8

ansible-lint -o -p path/to/playbook_file

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