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Biome vs Oxc

Biome and Oxc both land on Worth it.

Biome

biomejs.dev

Worth it
Confidence: Medium

JS/TS teams wanting one free, fast tool instead of ESLint plus Prettier should adopt it . Ant Design and Astro already do.

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Oxc

oxc.rs

Worth it
Confidence: Medium

Free and open source, so any JavaScript team can adopt Oxlint at zero cost and near-zero risk, with community claims of 50-100x ESLint speed.

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Biome versus Oxc
CompareBiomeOxc
VerdictWorth itWorth it
Best forJS/TS web teamsJS/TS repos with slow lint CI
Who it's not forESLint power users with custom plugin stacksTeams needing stable type-aware linting today
PrivacyNo known CVEs against Biome core; one CVE hit a third-party MCP server, plus tracked npm audit warnings.12No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support qualityNo support evidence foundCommunity GitHub only; no SLA evidence
Public sentimentDevelopers on Reddit and YouTube praise Biome's speed and all-in-one design while debating whether it fully replaces ESLint and Prettier.⁵Community discussion is bullish on Oxlint's speed as an ESLint alternative, while noting type-aware linting and formatter maturity still lag.
Biggest gotchaAdopting Biome reformats your entire codebase . expect one big review-busting diff.⁷No paid support; you rely on community GitHub issues

Pick Biome when

  • JS/TS web teams
  • Teams consolidating ESLint + Prettier
  • Monorepos wanting fast checks
  • Projects wanting a single config file

When Biome is not a fit

  • ESLint power users with custom plugin stacks
  • Polyglot codebases beyond JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Enterprises needing vendor SLAs or paid support
  • Teams unwilling to reformat the whole codebase once

Pick Oxc when

  • JS/TS repos with slow lint CI
  • Vite/Rolldown-based toolchains
  • Monorepos needing fast linting
  • Zero-budget open-source projects

When Oxc is not a fit

  • Teams needing stable type-aware linting today
  • Heavy ESLint-plugin users mid-migration
  • Orgs wanting paid support or SLAs
  • Non-JavaScript codebases

Sources

  1. Biome, toolchain of the web (official site)biomejs.dev
    official
  2. biomejs/biome on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  3. Who uses Biomebiomejs.dev
    official
  4. Biome adoption guide . LogRocketblog.logrocket.com
    review
  5. Biome is an awesome linter . Reddit r/reactjsreddit.com
    review
  6. [AskJS] How has your experience been with Biome.js? . Reddit r/javascriptreddit.com
    review
  7. Whats your take on Biome . Reddit r/nextjsreddit.com
    review
  8. Support alternative linters such as Biome . Next.js discussiongithub.com
    review
  9. I Will Never Use Prettier or ESLint Again . YouTubeyoutube.com
    review
  10. Biome tool docs . CodeRabbitdocs.coderabbit.ai
    official
  11. CVE-2026-3680: biome-mcp-server Command Injection RCE . SentinelOnesentinelone.com
    security
  12. CVE-2026-3680 Detail . NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  13. npm warns about 7 vulnerabilities in biome@latest . GitHub issuegithub.com
    security
  14. Biome Security Insights . LFX / Linux Foundationinsights.linuxfoundation.org
    security
  15. oxc-project/oxc on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  16. What is Oxc? (official docs)oxc.rs
    official