PyFlakes Alternatives

PyFlakes is described as 'A simple program which checks Python source files for errors' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to PyFlakes for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Python and BSD apps. The best PyFlakes alternative is ty, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PyFlakes are Pyrefly, Ruff, PyLint and PyChecker.

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  1. ty icon

    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
     

    • ty is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PyFlakes.

    • ty is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PyFlakes.

    • ty is Free and Open SourcePyFlakes is also Free and Open Source
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    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
     
  4. Ruff icon

    Ruff

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    An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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  5. 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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  6. PyChecker

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    PyChecker is a tool for finding bugs in Python source code. It finds problems that are typically caught by a compiler for less dynamic languages, like C and C++ and is similar to lint. Because of the dynamic nature of python, some warnings may be incorrect; however, spurious...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Pyright icon

    Pyright

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    Static type checker for Python.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     

  9. 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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