---
id: 1808
title: "Write Rust lints without forking Clippy"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2021/11/09/write-rust-lints-without-forking-clippy/"
published_at: "2021-11-09T05:30:40Z"
tags: ["open-source", "rust", "static-analysis", "tool-release", "lints", "clippy", "dylint"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1808"
lang: en
---

# Write Rust lints without forking Clippy

## Summary

Dylint loads Rust lints from dynamic libraries, freeing developers from forking Clippy to write custom rules. The post covers how it works and building project-specific lint collections.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2021-11-09T05:30:40Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2021/11/09/write-rust-lints-without-forking-clippy/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1808