Lefthook Git Hooks Manager

---
name: "Lefthook Git Hooks Manager"
slug: "lefthook-git-hooks-manager"
description: "Lefthook is a fast, dependency-free Git hooks manager written in Go that runs pre-commit, pre-push, and custom hook commands in parallel. It integrates with Node.js, Ruby, Python, and any other project type through a simple YAML configuration."
github_stars: 7894
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "evilmartians/lefthook"
  github_stars: 7894
  npm_package: "lefthook"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 1640769
---

# Lefthook Git Hooks Manager

Lefthook is a fast, dependency-free Git hooks manager written in Go that runs pre-commit, pre-push, and custom hook commands in parallel. It integrates with Node.js, Ruby, Python, and any other project type through a simple YAML configuration.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- go install github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/v2@v2.1.6
- npm install lefthook --save-dev
- gem install lefthook
- pipx install lefthook

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- A Git hooks manager for Node.js, Ruby, Python and many other types of projects.
- For **Python**:
- ### **Support Docker**

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **Fast.** It is written in Go. Can run commands in parallel.
- With **Go** (>= 1.26):
- bash

- Source: https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/evilmartians/lefthook/HEAD/README.md

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