Command-line tool

yamllint

brew/yamllint

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC · Still published on npm

Linter for YAML files yaml lint linter cli

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install yamllint
npm install -g yaml-lint

macOS

brew install yamllint
pipx install yamllint
npm install -g yaml-lint

Linux

brew install yamllint
pipx install yamllint
npm install -g yaml-lint

Lint a file

yamllint path/to/file.yaml

Lint all YAML files in a directory recursively

yamllint path/to/directory

Lint a file with a specific config file

yamllint -c path/to/config.yaml path/to/file.yaml

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