flake8 VS isort

Compare flake8 vs isort and see what are their differences.

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flake8 isort
10 41
- 6,281
- 1.2%
- 7.7
- 9 days ago
Python
- MIT License
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

flake8

Posts with mentions or reviews of flake8. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-19.
  • How I start every new Python backend API project
    14 projects | dev.to | 19 Jan 2023
    repos: - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks rev: v4.3.0 hooks: - id: trailing-whitespace - id: check-merge-conflict - id: check-yaml args: [--unsafe] - id: check-json - id: detect-private-key - id: end-of-file-fixer - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort rev: 5.10.1 hooks: - id: isort - repo: https://github.com/psf/black rev: 22.8.0 hooks: - id: black - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8 rev: 3.9.2 hooks: - id: flake8 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy rev: v0.971 hooks: - id: mypy args: [ --warn-unused-configs, --ignore-missing-imports, --disallow-untyped-defs, --follow-imports=silent, --install-types, --non-interactive ]
  • Flake8 took down the gitlab repository in favor of github
    13 projects | /r/Python | 14 Nov 2022
    I just ran `pre-commit autoupdate`. It's asking for a username for https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8. :-(
    13 projects | /r/Python | 14 Nov 2022
    So if your pre-commit starts to mysteriously fail, you probably want to switch https://gitlab.com/PyCQA/flake8 for https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8 in your .pre-commit-config.yaml (like here)
  • flake8-length: Flake8 plugin for a smart line length validation.
    3 projects | /r/Python | 4 Oct 2022
    Flake8 plugin for a smart line length validation.
  • Should I follow the warnings in Pycharm? Does anyone do this?
    6 projects | /r/learnpython | 18 Jul 2022
    repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8 rev: 3.9.2 hooks:
  • flake8-pylint: Flake8 plugin that runs PyLint
    3 projects | /r/Python | 14 Apr 2022
    Flake8 plugin that runs PyLint.
  • Ask HN: Did somebody have success with the migration of Python 2.7 to Java/C#?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Oct 2021
  • Make your Django project newbie contributor friendly with pre-commit
    5 projects | dev.to | 4 Jul 2021
    $ pre-commit install pre-commit installed at .git/hooks/pre-commit $ git add .pre-commit-config.yaml $ git commit -m "Add pre-commit config" [INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks. [INFO] Initializing environment for https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8. [INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/pycqa/isort. [INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/python/black. [INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks. [INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused. [INFO] This may take a few minutes... [INFO] Installing environment for https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8. [INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused. [INFO] This may take a few minutes... [INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/pycqa/isort. [INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused. [INFO] This may take a few minutes... [INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/python/black. [INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused. [INFO] This may take a few minutes... Trim Trailing Whitespace.................................................Passed Check Yaml...............................................................Passed Check for merge conflicts................................................Passed Debug Statements (Python)............................(no files to check)Skipped Check for added large files..............................................Passed Fix requirements.txt.................................(no files to check)Skipped Check django project for potential problems..........(no files to check)Skipped Check django project for missing migrations..........(no files to check)Skipped flake8...............................................(no files to check)Skipped isort................................................(no files to check)Skipped black................................................(no files to check)Skipped
  • Python: Setting Up Project Environment
    12 projects | dev.to | 13 Oct 2020
    flake8 is Python style checker based on PEP8(Python Enhance Proposal 8). black is a good code formatter. But some items such as Documentation String, black is not provided the check option. flake8 not only helps for lack of black but also can be easily applied with black.

isort

Posts with mentions or reviews of isort. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-18.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing flake8 and isort you can also consider the following projects:

black - The uncompromising Python code formatter

pyright - Static Type Checker for Python

yapf - A formatter for Python files

black - The uncompromising Python code formatter [Moved to: https://github.com/psf/black]

autoflake - Removes unused imports and unused variables as reported by pyflakes

Pylint - It's not just a linter that annoys you!

autopep8 - A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide.

pyre-check - Performant type-checking for python.

awesome-python-typing - Collection of awesome Python types, stubs, plugins, and tools to work with them.