biome-to-oxc

🚀 Migrate from Biome to the Oxc ecosystem (oxlint + oxfmt)

Why Migrate?

The Oxc project provides blazing-fast alternatives to existing JavaScript tooling:

• oxlint: 10x faster than ESLint with 600+ rules and type-aware linting (alpha)
• oxfmt: 30x faster than Prettier, 3x faster than Biome, with Prettier compatibility

Both tools are production-ready and actively developed, even in alpha/beta stages.

Current State (v0.6.0)

biome-to-oxc is currently in an advanced migration state focused on practical, production migration paths:

• ✅ Rich CLI controls for migration behavior (type-aware-profile, fix-strategy, import-graph, js-plugins)
• ✅ Rule + category migration with unsupported-rule reporting
• ✅ Oxfmt generation aligned with current sort key names (sortImports, sortPackageJson, sortTailwindcss)
• ✅ Strategy-aware script rewrites for safe/suggestions/dangerous fix workflows
• ✅ Monorepo-aware guidance and ignore migration recommendations
• ✅ Typed linting guidance with alpha stability + TypeScript compatibility caveats
• ✅ Reference datasets committed under docs/*.tsv for rules/options coverage analysis

If a Biome rule has no native Oxlint equivalent yet, migration reports now surface it clearly and can scaffold jsPlugins for compatibility workflows.

Features

Core Migration

✅ Automatic Configuration Migration

• Converts biome.json/biome.jsonc to .oxlintrc.json and .oxfmtrc.jsonc
• Maps 80+ Biome linter rules to Oxlint equivalents (native typescript/ rules)
• Transforms Biome formatter options to Oxfmt (Prettier-compatible)
• Normalizes include/includes field variations automatically

✅ Preserves Your Setup

• File patterns and ignore patterns
• .biomeignore patterns migrated into Oxlint ignorePatterns (compatibility alias)
• Linter configuration overrides
• NEW: Formatter configuration overrides (per-file formatting rules)
• JavaScript globals and environments
• Rule severities (error/warn/off)
• Explicit printWidth handling (no silent changes)

Advanced Features

✅ Monorepo Support

• Handles "//" extends syntax for monorepo roots
• Automatically detects .git or workspace roots
• Recursive config resolution with proper merging

✅ Type-Aware Linting (--type-aware)

• Detects TypeScript usage
• Provides oxlint-tsgolint installation guidance
• Supports explicit typed lint flags:
  • --type-aware: oxlint --type-aware
  • --type-check (implies --type-aware): oxlint --type-aware --type-check
• Supports profile-based compatibility guidance:
  • --type-aware-profile standard: oxlint --type-aware
  • --type-aware-profile strict: oxlint --type-aware --type-check
• Surfaces alpha stability + TS compatibility caveats

✅ Turborepo Integration (--turborepo)

• Detects turbo.json configuration
• Provides task update suggestions
• Maintains monorepo workflow compatibility

✅ ESLint Bridge (--eslint-bridge)

• Detects existing ESLint configurations
• Suggests eslint-plugin-oxlint integration
• Provides dual-tool workflow guidance
• Includes eslint-plugin-oxfmt suggestions

✅ Prettier Migration (--prettier)

• Detects Prettier configurations
• Suggests oxfmt --migrate=prettier workflow
• Helps transition from Prettier to Oxfmt

✅ Smart Updates

• Optional package.json script updates
• Automatic config backups
• Detailed migration reports with JSON export
• Dry-run mode for safety
• Integration detection and suggestions

Cutting-Edge & Experimental Features

✅ Advanced Formatting Options

• Object Wrapping: Controls object literal formatting
• Insert Final Newline: Ensures files end with newline
• Embedded Language Formatting: Auto-formats CSS-in-JS, GraphQL-in-JS
• HTML/Prose Options: Whitespace sensitivity and prose wrapping

✅ Framework-Specific Support

• Vue.js: Automatic detection and vueIndentScriptAndStyle configuration
• React: JSX-specific formatting options
• Tailwind CSS: Experimental class sorting and formatting
  • Supports class, className, :class attributes
  • Supports clsx, cn, classNames, tw functions

✅ Experimental Features (Alpha/Beta)

• Import Sorting: sortImports with configurable order
• Package.json Sorting: sortPackageJson for consistent deps
• Tailwind Integration: sortTailwindcss for class optimization
• Forward Compatibility: Passes through unknown options for future features

✅ Oxlint Config Enhancements

• Preserves Oxlint defaults by omitting plugins when explicit plugin config is not required
• Emits plugin settings scaffolds for detected ecosystems (react, jsx-a11y, next, vitest, jsdoc)
• Optional import graph baseline (--import-graph) with configurable import/no-cycle depth
• Optional JS plugin scaffolding (--js-plugins + repeatable --js-plugin)

✅ Coverage & Analysis Artifacts

• docs/oxlint-rules.tsv: Oxlint rule inventory used for mapping validation
• docs/oxfmt-rules.tsv: Oxfmt configuration surface inventory
• docs/tsgolint-rules.tsv: typed linting implementation matrix
• docs/oxlint-vs-tsgolint.tsv: typed rule availability cross-reference

✅ Script Rewrite Strategy Controls

• Explicit fix strategy levels for rewritten scripts:
  • safe → --fix
  • suggestions → --fix --fix-suggestions
  • dangerous → --fix --fix-suggestions --fix-dangerously
• Robust Biome fix conversion when rewriting scripts:
  • biome ... --write maps to at least safe
  • biome ... --write --unsafe maps to at least dangerous

Installation

# Using npx (no installation required)
npx biome-to-oxc

# Or install globally
pnpm add -g biome-to-oxc

Usage

Basic Usage

# Auto-detect biome.json and migrate
npx biome-to-oxc

# Specify config path
npx biome-to-oxc --config path/to/biome.json

# Dry run to preview changes
npx biome-to-oxc --dry-run --verbose

Options

Options:
  -c, --config <path>      Path to biome.json or biome.jsonc
  -o, --output-dir <path>  Output directory for generated configs
  --dry-run                Show what would be done without making changes
  --delete                 Delete legacy Biome files after migration (biome.json/biome.jsonc and .biomeignore)
  --no-backup              Skip backup of existing config files
  --update-scripts         Update package.json scripts to use oxlint/oxfmt
  --type-aware             Include type-aware linting guidance and dependencies
  --type-check             Enable strict typed linting mode (implies --type-aware)
  --type-aware-profile     Type-aware profile: standard | strict
  --fix-strategy           Fix mode for rewritten scripts: safe | suggestions | dangerous
  --js-plugins             Emit jsPlugins scaffold for unsupported mappings
  --js-plugin              JS plugin specifier to scaffold (repeatable)
  --import-graph           Add import plugin + import/no-cycle baseline recipe
  --import-cycle-max-depth Max depth for import/no-cycle (default: 3)
  --turborepo              Detect and update turbo.json for Turborepo integration
  --eslint-bridge          Provide ESLint bridge suggestions for running alongside ESLint
  --prettier               Detect Prettier config and provide migration suggestions
  --report <path>          Write detailed JSON migration report to specified path
  -v, --verbose            Show detailed migration information
  -V, --version            Output the version number
  -h, --help               Display help for command

Examples

# Preview migration without changes
npx biome-to-oxc --dry-run --verbose

# Migrate and update package.json scripts
npx biome-to-oxc --update-scripts

# Full migration with all integrations
npx biome-to-oxc --update-scripts --type-check --fix-strategy suggestions --import-graph --js-plugins --js-plugin eslint-plugin-playwright --turborepo --eslint-bridge --prettier

# Generate detailed JSON report
npx biome-to-oxc --report migration-report.json

# Migrate with custom output directory
npx biome-to-oxc --output-dir ./config

# Migrate without creating backups
npx biome-to-oxc --no-backup

# Migrate and remove legacy Biome files
npx biome-to-oxc --delete

# Monorepo setup with Turborepo
npx biome-to-oxc --turborepo --update-scripts

# TypeScript project with type-aware linting
npx biome-to-oxc --type-aware --verbose

# TypeScript project with type-check diagnostics
npx biome-to-oxc --type-check --verbose

# Strict type-aware profile + dangerous script fix strategy
npx biome-to-oxc --type-aware --type-aware-profile strict --update-scripts --fix-strategy dangerous

# Import graph baseline with custom cycle depth
npx biome-to-oxc --import-graph --import-cycle-max-depth 5

Migration Process

1. Reads your biome.json or biome.jsonc
2. Resolves extended configurations
3. Generates two separate configs:
   • .oxlintrc.json - Linter configuration
   • .oxfmtrc.jsonc - Formatter configuration
4. Maps Biome rules to Oxlint equivalents
5. Transforms formatter options to Prettier-compatible format
6. Preserves overrides and ignore patterns (including .biomeignore alias migration)
7. Optionally updates package.json scripts

Configuration Mapping

Linter Categories

| Biome Category | Oxlint Category | | -------------- | --------------- | | correctness | correctness | | suspicious | suspicious | | style | style | | complexity | pedantic | | performance | perf | | security | restriction |

Formatter Options

| Biome Option | Oxfmt Option | Notes | | ---------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | lineWidth | printWidth | Biome default: 80, Oxfmt default: 100 (always set explicitly) | | indentStyle | useTabs | Inverted (tab → true) | | indentWidth | tabWidth | Direct mapping | | lineEnding | endOfLine | Direct mapping | | quoteStyle | singleQuote | Inverted (single → true) | | trailingCommas | trailingComma | Direct mapping | | semicolons | semi | Inverted (always → true) | | arrowParentheses | arrowParens | Direct mapping | | bracketSpacing | bracketSpacing | Direct mapping | | bracketSameLine | bracketSameLine | Direct mapping |

After Migration

1. Review generated configs

   cat .oxlintrc.json
   cat .oxfmtrc.jsonc

2. Install Oxc tools

   pnpm add -D oxlint oxfmt
   # or
   npm install -D oxlint oxfmt

3. Run the tools

   # Lint your code
   npx oxlint
   
   # Format your code
   npx oxfmt
   
   # Check formatting without writing
   npx oxfmt --check

4. Update your CI/CD

   # Example GitHub Actions
   - name: Lint
     run: pnpm oxlint
   
   - name: Check formatting
     run: pnpm oxfmt --check

5. Optional: Type-aware linting

   # Install type-aware support (use @latest tag)
   pnpm add -D oxlint-tsgolint@latest
   
   # Run with type-aware rules
   npx oxlint --type-aware

Strict profile (include TS compiler diagnostics)

npx oxlint --type-aware --type-check

## Known Limitations

- Not all Biome rules have direct Oxlint equivalents (warnings will be shown)
- Some advanced Biome features may not be supported
- Oxfmt is in alpha - test thoroughly before production use
- Type-aware linting requires `oxlint-tsgolint` package (alpha)
- CSS and JSON formatter overrides are mapped but may need manual review
- Prettier plugin support is not available in Oxfmt
- Some Biome rules still require JS plugin fallback until native rule parity is available

## Migration Report

After migration, you'll see a comprehensive summary:

✓ Migration completed successfully!

Summary: Biome config: /path/to/biome.json Oxlint config: /path/to/.oxlintrc.json Oxfmt config: /path/to/.oxfmtrc.jsonc Rules converted: 42 Rules skipped: 3 Linter overrides: 2 Formatter overrides: 1

🔍 Detected integrations: typescript, turborepo

⚠ Warnings (3): Run with --verbose to see all warnings

💡 Suggestions: 5 suggestions available. Run with --verbose to see them.

📝 Next steps:

1. Review the generated .oxlintrc.json and .oxfmtrc.jsonc files
2. Install dependencies: pnpm add -D oxlint oxfmt
3. Run oxlint to lint your code
4. Run oxfmt to format your code
5. Update your CI/CD pipelines to use oxlint and oxfmt
6. Consider running with --update-scripts to update package.json

📊 Detailed report saved to: migration-report.json

### JSON Report Format

When using `--report`, a detailed JSON file is generated:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "warnings": ["..."],
  "errors": [],
  "suggestions": ["..."],
  "summary": {
    "biomeConfigPath": "/path/to/biome.json",
    "oxlintConfigPath": "/path/to/.oxlintrc.json",
    "oxfmtConfigPath": "/path/to/.oxfmtrc.jsonc",
    "rulesConverted": 42,
    "rulesSkipped": 3,
    "overridesConverted": 2,
    "formatterOverridesConverted": 1
  },
  "detectedIntegrations": {
    "turborepo": true,
    "eslint": false,
    "prettier": false,
    "typescript": true
  }
}

Troubleshooting

"No Biome configuration file found"

Make sure you have a biome.json or biome.jsonc file in your project root, or specify the path with --config.

"No Oxlint equivalent found for Biome rule"

Some Biome rules don't have direct Oxlint equivalents yet. These will be logged as warnings. You can:

• Check if the rule is available in a newer version of oxlint
• Manually add similar rules to .oxlintrc.json
• Open an issue on the Oxc project to request the rule

TypeScript Errors

All TypeScript errors about missing modules are expected until you run pnpm install. The tool will work correctly once dependencies are installed.

Development

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build the project
pnpm build

# Run tests
pnpm test

# Lint
pnpm lint

# Format
pnpm format

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT

Acknowledgements

This tool is inspired by:

• @oxlint/migrate - ESLint to Oxlint migration
• oxfmt --migrate=prettier - Prettier to Oxfmt migration

Special thanks to the Oxc project and Biome teams for their amazing work!

Resources

• Oxc Documentation
• Biome Documentation
• Oxlint Rules
• Oxfmt Configuration