PEP8 Alternatives

PEP8 is described as 'Pep8 is a tool to check your Python code against some of the style conventions in PEP 8' and is an app in the development category. There are five alternatives to PEP8 for Mac, Windows, Linux, Python and BSD. The best PEP8 alternative is Ruff, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PEP8 are PyLint, Pyright, flake8 and PEP 257.

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

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PEP8 alternatives page was last updated Apr 19, 2023
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  1. Ruff icon
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    An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python

    Ruff Features

    1.  Static Code Analysis

    Ruff VS PEP8

     
    • Ruff is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PEP8.

    • Ruff is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PEP8.

    • Ruff is Free and Open SourcePEP8 is also Free and Open Source
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python

    PyLint Features

    1.  Static Code Analysis
    2.  Static analysis

    PyLint VS PEP8

     
  3. Pyright icon
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    Static type checker for Python.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python

    Pyright VS PEP8

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    flake8 Features

    1.  Static analysis

    flake8 VS PEP8

     
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    Python PEP 257 docstring style checker.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PEP 257 Features

    1.  Static analysis

    PEP 257 VS PEP8

     
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