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Lefthook

Fast and powerful Git hooks manager

Developer Tools & Git ★ 8.9k stars Easy setup MIT

Lefthook is a fast, polyglot Git hooks manager that runs linters, tests and other commands in parallel before commits and pushes. It is self-hosted within each repository as a single binary.

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Key features

  • Parallel hook execution
  • Language-agnostic
  • Single binary
  • Simple YAML config

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Mature project with 8.9k GitHub stars
  • Written in Go

Is Lefthook secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Lefthook's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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