Pre commit by pre-commit

A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

gitpre-commitpythonlinterrefactoring
Verdict 77/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 16 days ago

Self-host Pre commit on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
77 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
15k
961 forks

About Pre commit

From the project's README at github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit/actions/workflows/main.yml) [](https://results.pre-commit.ci/latest/github/pre-commit/pre-commit/main) pre-commit

A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
72
maturity
100
community
93
security
85
sustainability
88
adoption
37

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 15k github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit
GitHub forks 961 github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit
PYPI downloads (last month) 145960k pre-commit

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age12.2 yearssince Mar 2014
Last commit8 days agoApr 29, 2026
Releases shipped117last: 16 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links3declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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