Rules

Below the list of rules supported by Biome, divided by group. Here’s a legend of the emojis:

The icon indicates that the rule is part of the recommended rules.

The icon indicates that the rule provides a code action (fix) that is safe to apply.

The icon indicates that the rule provides a code action (fix) that is unsafe to apply.

The icon indicates that the rule is applied to JavaScript and super languages files.

The icon indicates that the rule is applied to TypeScript and TSX files.

The icon indicates that the rule is applied to JSON files.

The icon indicates that the rule is applied to CSS files.

The icon indicates that the rule is applied to GraphQL files.

Rules focused on preventing accessibility problems.

Rule name	Description	Properties
noAccessKey	Enforce that the accessKey attribute is not used on any HTML element.
noAriaHiddenOnFocusable	Enforce that aria-hidden=“true” is not set on focusable elements.
noAriaUnsupportedElements	Enforce that elements that do not support ARIA roles, states, and properties do not have those attributes.
noAutofocus	Enforce that autoFocus prop is not used on elements.
noBlankTarget	Disallow target="_blank" attribute without rel="noreferrer"
noDistractingElements	Enforces that no distracting elements are used.
noHeaderScope	The scope prop should be used only on <th> elements.
noInteractiveElementToNoninteractiveRole	Enforce that non-interactive ARIA roles are not assigned to interactive HTML elements.
noLabelWithoutControl	Enforce that a label element or component has a text label and an associated input.
noNoninteractiveElementToInteractiveRole	Enforce that interactive ARIA roles are not assigned to non-interactive HTML elements.
noNoninteractiveTabindex	Enforce that tabIndex is not assigned to non-interactive HTML elements.
noPositiveTabindex	Prevent the usage of positive integers on tabIndex property
noRedundantAlt	Enforce img alt prop does not contain the word “image”, “picture”, or “photo”.
noRedundantRoles	Enforce explicit role property is not the same as implicit/default role property on an element.
noSvgWithoutTitle	Enforces the usage of the title element for the svg element.
useAltText	Enforce that all elements that require alternative text have meaningful information to relay back to the end user.
useAnchorContent	Enforce that anchors have content and that the content is accessible to screen readers.
useAriaActivedescendantWithTabindex	Enforce that tabIndex is assigned to non-interactive HTML elements with aria-activedescendant .
useAriaPropsForRole	Enforce that elements with ARIA roles must have all required ARIA attributes for that role.
useButtonType	Enforces the usage of the attribute type for the element button
useFocusableInteractive	Elements with an interactive role and interaction handlers must be focusable.
useGenericFontNames	Disallow a missing generic family keyword within font families.
useHeadingContent	Enforce that heading elements (h1, h2, etc.) have content and that the content is accessible to screen readers. Accessible means that it is not hidden using the aria-hidden prop.
useHtmlLang	Enforce that html element has lang attribute.
useIframeTitle	Enforces the usage of the attribute title for the element iframe .
useKeyWithClickEvents	Enforce onClick is accompanied by at least one of the following: onKeyUp , onKeyDown , onKeyPress .
useKeyWithMouseEvents	Enforce onMouseOver / onMouseOut are accompanied by onFocus / onBlur .
useMediaCaption	Enforces that audio and video elements must have a track for captions.
useSemanticElements	It detects the use of role attributes in JSX elements and suggests using semantic elements instead.
useValidAnchor	Enforce that all anchors are valid, and they are navigable elements.
useValidAriaProps	Ensures that ARIA properties aria-* are all valid.
useValidAriaRole	Elements with ARIA roles must use a valid, non-abstract ARIA role.
useValidAriaValues	Enforce that ARIA state and property values are valid.
useValidLang	Ensure that the attribute passed to the lang attribute is a correct ISO language and/or country.

Rules that focus on inspecting complex code that could be simplified.

Rule name	Description	Properties
noBannedTypes	Disallow primitive type aliases and misleading types.
noEmptyTypeParameters	Disallow empty type parameters in type aliases and interfaces.
noExcessiveCognitiveComplexity	Disallow functions that exceed a given Cognitive Complexity score.
noExcessiveNestedTestSuites	This rule enforces a maximum depth to nested describe() in test files.
noExtraBooleanCast	Disallow unnecessary boolean casts
noForEach	Prefer for...of statement instead of Array.forEach .
noMultipleSpacesInRegularExpressionLiterals	Disallow unclear usage of consecutive space characters in regular expression literals
noStaticOnlyClass	This rule reports when a class has no non-static members, such as for a class used exclusively as a static namespace.
noThisInStatic	Disallow this and super in static contexts.
noUselessCatch	Disallow unnecessary catch clauses.
noUselessConstructor	Disallow unnecessary constructors.
noUselessEmptyExport	Disallow empty exports that don’t change anything in a module file.
noUselessFragments	Disallow unnecessary fragments
noUselessLabel	Disallow unnecessary labels.
noUselessLoneBlockStatements	Disallow unnecessary nested block statements.
noUselessRename	Disallow renaming import, export, and destructured assignments to the same name.
noUselessStringConcat	Disallow unnecessary concatenation of string or template literals.
noUselessSwitchCase	Disallow useless case in switch statements.
noUselessTernary	Disallow ternary operators when simpler alternatives exist.
noUselessThisAlias	Disallow useless this aliasing.
noUselessTypeConstraint	Disallow using any or unknown as type constraint.
noUselessUndefinedInitialization	Disallow initializing variables to undefined .
noVoid	Disallow the use of void operators, which is not a familiar operator.
noWith	Disallow with statements in non-strict contexts.
useArrowFunction	Use arrow functions over function expressions.
useDateNow	Use Date.now() to get the number of milliseconds since the Unix Epoch.
useFlatMap	Promotes the use of .flatMap() when map().flat() are used together.
useLiteralKeys	Enforce the usage of a literal access to properties over computed property access.
useOptionalChain	Enforce using concise optional chain instead of chained logical expressions.
useRegexLiterals	Enforce the use of the regular expression literals instead of the RegExp constructor if possible.
useSimpleNumberKeys	Disallow number literal object member names which are not base10 or uses underscore as separator
useSimplifiedLogicExpression	Discard redundant terms from logical expressions.

Rules that detect code that is guaranteed to be incorrect or useless.

Rule name	Description	Properties
noChildrenProp	Prevent passing of children as props.
noConstAssign	Prevents from having const variables being re-assigned.
noConstantCondition	Disallow constant expressions in conditions
noConstantMathMinMaxClamp	Disallow the use of Math.min and Math.max to clamp a value where the result itself is constant.
noConstructorReturn	Disallow returning a value from a constructor .
noEmptyCharacterClassInRegex	Disallow empty character classes in regular expression literals.
noEmptyPattern	Disallows empty destructuring patterns.
noFlatMapIdentity	Disallow to use unnecessary callback on flatMap .
noGlobalObjectCalls	Disallow calling global object properties as functions
noInnerDeclarations	Disallow function and var declarations that are accessible outside their block.
noInvalidBuiltinInstantiation	Ensure that builtins are correctly instantiated.
noInvalidConstructorSuper	Prevents the incorrect use of super() inside classes. It also checks whether a call super() is missing from classes that extends other constructors.
noInvalidDirectionInLinearGradient	Disallow non-standard direction values for linear gradient functions.
noInvalidGridAreas	Disallows invalid named grid areas in CSS Grid Layouts.
noInvalidNewBuiltin	Disallow new operators with global non-constructor functions.
noInvalidPositionAtImportRule	Disallow the use of @import at-rules in invalid positions.
noInvalidUseBeforeDeclaration	Disallow the use of variables and function parameters before their declaration
noNewSymbol	Disallow new operators with the Symbol object.
noNodejsModules	Forbid the use of Node.js builtin modules.
noNonoctalDecimalEscape	Disallow \8 and \9 escape sequences in string literals.
noPrecisionLoss	Disallow literal numbers that lose precision
noRenderReturnValue	Prevent the usage of the return value of React.render .
noSelfAssign	Disallow assignments where both sides are exactly the same.
noSetterReturn	Disallow returning a value from a setter
noStringCaseMismatch	Disallow comparison of expressions modifying the string case with non-compliant value.
noSwitchDeclarations	Disallow lexical declarations in switch clauses.
noUndeclaredDependencies	Disallow the use of dependencies that aren’t specified in the package.json .
noUndeclaredVariables	Prevents the usage of variables that haven’t been declared inside the document.
noUnknownFunction	Disallow unknown CSS value functions.
noUnknownMediaFeatureName	Disallow unknown media feature names.
noUnknownProperty	Disallow unknown properties.
noUnknownUnit	Disallow unknown CSS units.
noUnmatchableAnbSelector	Disallow unmatchable An+B selectors.
noUnnecessaryContinue	Avoid using unnecessary continue .
noUnreachable	Disallow unreachable code
noUnreachableSuper	Ensures the super() constructor is called exactly once on every code path in a class constructor before this is accessed if the class has a superclass
noUnsafeFinally	Disallow control flow statements in finally blocks.
noUnsafeOptionalChaining	Disallow the use of optional chaining in contexts where the undefined value is not allowed.
noUnusedFunctionParameters	Disallow unused function parameters.
noUnusedImports	Disallow unused imports.
noUnusedLabels	Disallow unused labels.
noUnusedPrivateClassMembers	Disallow unused private class members
noUnusedVariables	Disallow unused variables.
noVoidElementsWithChildren	This rules prevents void elements (AKA self-closing elements) from having children.
noVoidTypeReturn	Disallow returning a value from a function with the return type ‘void’
useArrayLiterals	Disallow Array constructors.
useExhaustiveDependencies	Enforce all dependencies are correctly specified in a React hook.
useHookAtTopLevel	Enforce that all React hooks are being called from the Top Level component functions.
useImportExtensions	Enforce file extensions for relative imports.
useIsNan	Require calls to isNaN() when checking for NaN .
useJsxKeyInIterable	Disallow missing key props in iterators/collection literals.
useValidForDirection	Enforce “for” loop update clause moving the counter in the right direction.
useYield	Require generator functions to contain yield .

New rules that are still under development.

Nursery rules require explicit opt-in via configuration on stable versions because they may still have bugs or performance problems.
They are enabled by default on nightly builds, but as they are unstable their diagnostic severity may be set to either error or
warning, depending on whether we intend for the rule to be recommended or not when it eventually gets stabilized.
Nursery rules get promoted to other groups once they become stable or may be removed.

Rules that belong to this group are not subject to semantic version .

Rule name	Description	Properties
noCommonJs	Disallow use of CommonJs module system in favor of ESM style imports.
noDescendingSpecificity	Disallow a lower specificity selector from coming after a higher specificity selector.
noDocumentCookie	Disallow direct assignments to document.cookie .
noDocumentImportInPage	Prevents importing next/document outside of pages/_document.jsx in Next.js projects.
noDuplicateCustomProperties	Disallow duplicate custom properties within declaration blocks.
noDuplicateElseIf	Disallow duplicate conditions in if-else-if chains
noDuplicateProperties	Disallow duplicate properties within declaration blocks.
noDuplicatedFields	No duplicated fields in GraphQL operations.
noDynamicNamespaceImportAccess	Disallow accessing namespace imports dynamically.
noEnum	Disallow TypeScript enum.
noExportedImports	Disallow exporting an imported variable.
noHeadElement	Prevent usage of <head> element in a Next.js project.
noHeadImportInDocument	Prevent using the next/head module in pages/_document.js on Next.js projects.
noImgElement	Prevent usage of <img> element in a Next.js project.
noIrregularWhitespace	Disallows the use of irregular whitespace characters.
noIrregularWhitespace	Disallows the use of irregular whitespace characters.
noMissingVarFunction	Disallow missing var function for css variables.
noNestedTernary	Disallow nested ternary expressions.
noOctalEscape	Disallow octal escape sequences in string literals
noProcessEnv	Disallow the use of process.env .
noRestrictedImports	Disallow specified modules when loaded by import or require.
noRestrictedTypes	Disallow user defined types.
noSecrets	Disallow usage of sensitive data such as API keys and tokens.
noStaticElementInteractions	Enforce that static, visible elements (such as <div> ) that have click handlers use the valid role attribute.
noSubstr	Enforce the use of String.slice() over String.substr() and String.substring() .
noTemplateCurlyInString	Disallow template literal placeholder syntax in regular strings.
noUnknownPseudoClass	Disallow unknown pseudo-class selectors.
noUnknownPseudoElement	Disallow unknown pseudo-element selectors.
noUnknownTypeSelector	Disallow unknown type selectors.
noUselessEscapeInRegex	Disallow unnecessary escape sequence in regular expression literals.
noUselessStringRaw	Disallow unnecessary String.raw function in template string literals without any escape sequence.
noValueAtRule	Disallow use of @value rule in css modules.
useAdjacentOverloadSignatures	Disallow the use of overload signatures that are not next to each other.
useAriaPropsSupportedByRole	Enforce that ARIA properties are valid for the roles that are supported by the element.
useAtIndex	Use at() instead of integer index access.
useCollapsedIf	Enforce using single if instead of nested if clauses.
useComponentExportOnlyModules	Enforce declaring components only within modules that export React Components exclusively.
useConsistentCurlyBraces	This rule enforces consistent use of curly braces inside JSX attributes and JSX children.
useConsistentMemberAccessibility	Require consistent accessibility modifiers on class properties and methods.
useDeprecatedReason	Require specifying the reason argument when using @deprecated directive
useExplicitType	Require explicit return types on functions and class methods.
useGoogleFontDisplay	Enforces the use of a recommended display strategy with Google Fonts.
useGuardForIn	Require for-in loops to include an if statement.
useImportRestrictions	Disallows package private imports.
useSortedClasses	Enforce the sorting of CSS utility classes.
useStrictMode	Enforce the use of the directive "use strict" in script files.
useTrimStartEnd	Enforce the use of String.trimStart() and String.trimEnd() over String.trimLeft() and String.trimRight() .
useValidAutocomplete	Use valid values for the autocomplete attribute on input elements.

Rules catching ways your code could be written to run faster, or generally be more efficient.

Rule name	Description	Properties
noAccumulatingSpread	Disallow the use of spread ( ... ) syntax on accumulators.
noBarrelFile	Disallow the use of barrel file.
noDelete	Disallow the use of the delete operator.
noReExportAll	Avoid re-export all.
useTopLevelRegex	Require regex literals to be declared at the top level.

Rules that detect potential security flaws.

Rule name	Description	Properties
noDangerouslySetInnerHtml	Prevent the usage of dangerous JSX props
noDangerouslySetInnerHtmlWithChildren	Report when a DOM element or a component uses both children and dangerouslySetInnerHTML prop.
noGlobalEval	Disallow the use of global eval() .

Rules enforcing a consistent and idiomatic way of writing your code.

Rule name	Description	Properties
noArguments	Disallow the use of arguments .
noCommaOperator	Disallow comma operator.
noDefaultExport	Disallow default exports.
noDoneCallback	Disallow using a callback in asynchronous tests and hooks.
noImplicitBoolean	Disallow implicit true values on JSX boolean attributes
noInferrableTypes	Disallow type annotations for variables, parameters, and class properties initialized with a literal expression.
noNamespace	Disallow the use of TypeScript’s namespace s.
noNamespaceImport	Disallow the use of namespace imports.
noNegationElse	Disallow negation in the condition of an if statement if it has an else clause.
noNonNullAssertion	Disallow non-null assertions using the ! postfix operator.
noParameterAssign	Disallow reassigning function parameters.
noParameterProperties	Disallow the use of parameter properties in class constructors.
noRestrictedGlobals	This rule allows you to specify global variable names that you don’t want to use in your application.
noShoutyConstants	Disallow the use of constants which its value is the upper-case version of its name.
noUnusedTemplateLiteral	Disallow template literals if interpolation and special-character handling are not needed
noUselessElse	Disallow else block when the if block breaks early.
noVar	Disallow the use of var
noYodaExpression	Disallow the use of yoda expressions.
useAsConstAssertion	Enforce the use of as const over literal type and type annotation.
useBlockStatements	Requires following curly brace conventions.
useCollapsedElseIf	Enforce using else if instead of nested if in else clauses.
useConsistentArrayType	Require consistently using either T[] or Array<T>
useConsistentBuiltinInstantiation	Enforce the use of new for all builtins, except String , Number and Boolean .
useConst	Require const declarations for variables that are only assigned once.
useDefaultParameterLast	Enforce default function parameters and optional function parameters to be last.
useDefaultSwitchClause	Require the default clause in switch statements.
useEnumInitializers	Require that each enum member value be explicitly initialized.
useExplicitLengthCheck	Enforce explicitly comparing the length , size , byteLength or byteOffset property of a value.
useExponentiationOperator	Disallow the use of Math.pow in favor of the ** operator.
useExportType	Promotes the use of export type for types.
useFilenamingConvention	Enforce naming conventions for JavaScript and TypeScript filenames.
useForOf	This rule recommends a for-of loop when in a for loop, the index used to extract an item from the iterated array.
useFragmentSyntax	This rule enforces the use of <>...</> over <Fragment>...</Fragment> .
useImportType	Promotes the use of import type for types.
useLiteralEnumMembers	Require all enum members to be literal values.
useNamingConvention	Enforce naming conventions for everything across a codebase.
useNodeAssertStrict	Promotes the usage of node:assert/strict over node:assert .
useNodejsImportProtocol	Enforces using the node: protocol for Node.js builtin modules.
useNumberNamespace	Use the Number properties instead of global ones.
useNumericLiterals	Disallow parseInt() and Number.parseInt() in favor of binary, octal, and hexadecimal literals
useSelfClosingElements	Prevent extra closing tags for components without children
useShorthandArrayType	When expressing array types, this rule promotes the usage of T[] shorthand instead of Array<T> .
useShorthandAssign	Require assignment operator shorthand where possible.
useShorthandFunctionType	Enforce using function types instead of object type with call signatures.
useSingleCaseStatement	Enforces switch clauses have a single statement, emits a quick fix wrapping the statements in a block.
useSingleVarDeclarator	Disallow multiple variable declarations in the same variable statement
useTemplate	Prefer template literals over string concatenation.
useThrowNewError	Require new when throwing an error.
useThrowOnlyError	Disallow throwing non- Error values.
useWhile	Enforce the use of while loops instead of for loops when the initializer and update expressions are not needed.

Rules that detect code that is likely to be incorrect or useless.