The world's fastest OpenAPI and Swagger linter and quality analysis tool, built in Go and fully compatible with Spectral rulesets.
vacuum is a high‑performance OpenAPI and Swagger linter and quality analysis tool written in Go. It rapidly scans API specifications to identify errors, security issues, and deviations from best practices, helping teams ensure their API contracts are robust and well‑designed. It is fully compatible with Spectral rulesets and can be integrated into CI/CD pipelines for automated quality checks.
API developers, platform engineers, and DevOps teams who need fast, reliable linting for OpenAPI specifications, especially in large‑scale or enterprise environments where performance and scalability are critical.
Developers choose vacuum for its exceptional speed—it processes multi‑megabyte specs in milliseconds—and its full compatibility with the Spectral ecosystem, allowing easy migration. Its rich feature set, including an interactive dashboard, auto‑fixing, and overlay support, makes it a comprehensive tool for maintaining API quality.
vacuum is the worlds fastest and most versatile OpenAPI linter and toolkit. It tears through API specs at light speed. 100% compatible with Spectral rulesets, and OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2
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Written in Go, vacuum lints multi-megabyte OpenAPI specs in milliseconds, with benchmarks in v0.24 showing up to 73% speedup in turbo mode for large files like Stripe's 6.1MB spec.
Seamlessly works with existing Spectral rulesets and supports JSON Path Plus, allowing migration without rewriting custom rules and closing one of the last gaps with Spectral.
Includes a terminal UI dashboard with watch mode for real-time feedback, enabling developers to explore and filter violations interactively without scrolling through text output.
Generates detailed HTML reports for offline review and Spectral-compatible JSON outputs, making it easy to integrate into existing workflows and share results with teams.
Automatically fixing rule violations requires writing custom Go functions, which can be a barrier for teams not familiar with Go or preferring configuration over code, as shown in the auto-fixing documentation.
As a relatively new tool, vacuum has a smaller community and fewer third-party integrations compared to established alternatives like Spectral, which might limit support and plugin options.
The extensive feature set, including overlays, change detection, and custom functions, can be overwhelming for users who just need basic linting, leading to a steeper initial learning curve from the lengthy README.