PEP 257 Alternatives

PEP 257 is described as 'Python PEP 257 docstring style checker' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to PEP 257 for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Python and BSD apps. The best PEP 257 alternative is Pyrefly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PEP 257 are Ruff, PyLint, PEP8 and flake8.

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  1. Pyrefly icon

    Pyrefly

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    Pyrefly is a type checker and language server for Python, which provides lightning-fast type checking along with IDE features such as code navigation, semantic highlighting, and code completion. It is available as a command-line tool and a VSCode extension.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
     

    • Pyrefly is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PEP 257.

    • Pyrefly is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PEP 257.

    • Pyrefly is Free and Open SourcePEP 257 is also Free and Open Source
    • Pyrefly is CustomizablePEP 257 is not according to our users
  2. Ruff icon

    Ruff

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    An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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  4. PyLint

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    A Python source code analyzer which looks for programming errors, it helps to enforce a coding standard and to sniff for some code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  5. PEP8

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    pep8 is a tool to check your Python code against some of the style conventions in PEP 8.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  6. flake8

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    Flake8 is a wrapper around PyFlakes, pep8 and Ned Batchelder's McCabe script and displays the warnings in a per-file, merged output.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    ty

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    An extremely fast Python type checker and language server, written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Docker
    • Python
     
  9. Pyright icon

    Pyright

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    Static type checker for Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
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