PyLint Alternatives

PyLint is described as 'A Python source code analyzer which looks for programming errors, it helps to enforce a coding standard and to sniff for some code' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PyLint for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Python and SaaS apps. The best PyLint alternative is Codacy. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Codacy or Pyrefly. Other great apps like PyLint are Coala, PyChecker, PEP8 and PyFlakes.

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  1. Codacy icon

    Codacy

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    Automatically reviews code style, security, duplication, complexity, and coverage on every change while tracking code quality throughout your sprints.

    50 Codacy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Codacy is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to PyLint.

    • Codacy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PyLint.

    • Codacy is Free Personal and Open SourcePyLint is 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
     

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

    • Pyrefly is Free and Open SourcePyLint is also Free and Open Source
    • Pyrefly is CustomizablePyLint is not according to our users
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    Ruff

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    An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust.

    13 Ruff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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  5. Coala icon

    Coala

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    Coala provides a unified command-line interface for linting and fixing all your code, regardless of the programming languages you use. https://coala.io/.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     

  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. 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
     

  9. PyFlakes

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    A simple program which checks Python source files for errors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    PyCodeQual

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    PyCodeQual gives you insights into complexity and bug risks with high accuracy because your code is analyzed with its dependencies installed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. Pyright icon

    Pyright

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    Static type checker for Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     

  12. 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
     
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    SideCI

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    SideCI is an automated code reviewing tool with GitHub. Speed up your code review and development cycle to improve productivity without requiring engineers to spend valuable time.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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