Top 5 Python linter-flake8 Projects

pycodestyle

7 4,978 7.3 Python

Simple Python style checker in one Python file

Project mention: Enhance Your Project Quality with These Top Python Libraries | dev.to | 2024-03-18

PEP8 (pycodestyle): Named after Python’s PEP 8 style guide, this tool checks your Python code against some of the style conventions in PEP 8.

Flake8

33 3,257 7.5 Python

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.

Project mention: To Review or Not to Review: The Debate on Mandatory Code Reviews | dev.to | 2024-04-24

Automating code checks with static code analysis allows us to enforce code styling effectively. By integrating tools into our workflow, we can identify errors at an early stage, while coding instead of blocking us at the end. For instance, flake8 checks Python code for style and errors, eslint performs similar checks for JavaScript, and prettier automatically formats code to maintain consistency.

WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
flake8-bugbear

2 1,037 8.3 Python

A plugin for Flake8 finding likely bugs and design problems in your program. Contains warnings that don't belong in pyflakes and pycodestyle.

Project mention: A Tale of Two Kitchens - Hypermodernizing Your Python Code Base | dev.to | 2023-11-12

Bugbear is not specifically a security tool but serves as an effective guard against common coding errors and pitfalls. It pinpoints and rectifies frequent mistakes like setting a list as a default value for a parameter and cautions against such practices, enhancing code robustness.

mccabe

5 626 2.1 Python

McCabe complexity checker for Python
pep8-naming

1 491 5.6 Python

Naming Convention checker for Python
InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).