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 Ruff, Coala, PyChecker and PEP8.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. Pyrefly icon
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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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
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  3. ty icon
     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Docker
    • Python
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  4. Ruff icon
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    An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  6.  1 like

    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
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  7.  1 like

    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
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  8.  1 like

    A simple program which checks Python source files for errors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. PyCodeQual icon
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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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. Pyright icon
     Like

    Static type checker for Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  11.  Like

    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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  12. SideCI icon
     Like

    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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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