pydocstyle vs pylama

pydocstyle

docstring style checker (by PyCQA)

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Code audit tool for python. (by klen)

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pydocstyle		pylama
	Project
4	Mentions	5
1,106	Stars	1,038
-	Growth	-
6.1	Activity	0.0
6 months ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	MIT License

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pydocstyle

Posts with mentions or reviews of pydocstyle. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-13.

Best general packages to use for Python projects
6 projects | /r/Python | 13 Jun 2022

Not so much for the project but for project support I always use black for formatting. mypy to check my code. pydocstyle to check the comments.
What do you think about this method docstring style?
2 projects | /r/Python | 9 Jan 2022

Check out https://github.com/pycqa/pydocstyle. There's a flake8 extension for it too https://pypi.org/project/flake8-docstrings/
Code Quality Tools in Python
9 projects | dev.to | 9 Oct 2021

pydocstyle
What's your 5(ish) year career plan?
1 project | /r/networking | 5 Jul 2021

something like pydocstyle and make sure all your functions and classes are correctly documented.

pylama

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

Enhance Your Project Quality with These Top Python Libraries
16 projects | dev.to | 18 Mar 2024

Pylama is a code audit tool for Python that wraps tools like Pylint, pycodestyle, PyFlakes, McCabe, and others to provide a unified interface.
How pythonic is enough pythonic?
2 projects | /r/learnpython | 27 Mar 2022

Use a code linter. And potentially use black.
Newbie here: blank spaces for better code readability?
4 projects | /r/learnpython | 11 Jan 2022

Use a linter like pylama
Advice on training Python best practices
1 project | /r/learnpython | 22 Nov 2021

Lint your code. I recommend pylama.
Code Quality Tools in Python
9 projects | dev.to | 9 Oct 2021

Linters analyze code to detect various categories of issues like logistical issue and stylistic issues. Some popular linters are Pylint, pycodestyle, Flake8 and Pylama.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pydocstyle and pylama you can also consider the following projects:

mkdocstrings - :blue_book: Automatic documentation from sources, for MkDocs.

Flake8 - flake8 is a python tool that glues together pycodestyle, pyflakes, mccabe, and third-party plugins to check the style and quality of some python code.

black - The uncompromising Python code formatter

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.

prospector - Inspects Python source files and provides information about type and location of classes, methods etc

pyment - Format and convert Python docstrings and generates patches

mypy - Optional static typing for Python

pycodestyle - Simple Python style checker in one Python file

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

dotenv-linter - ⚡️Lightning-fast linter for .env files. Written in Rust 🦀