Features
Coding Standard
- checking line-code's length,
- checking if variable names are well-formed according to your coding standard
- checking if imported modules are used
Error detection
- checking if declared interfaces are truly implemented
- checking if modules are imported
- and much more (see the complete check list)
Fully customizable
Modify your pylintrc to customize which errors or
conventions are important to you. The big advantage with Pylint
is that it is highly configurable, customizable, and you can
easily write a small plugin to add a personal feature.
Editor integration
Run it in emacs , vim (pylint.vim, syntastic), eclipse, etc.
List of supported editors
UML diagrams
Pylint is shipped with Pyreverse which creates UML diagrams for python code.
Pyreverse: UML Diagrams for PythonContinuous integration
Running Pylint on your project's code can be automated using Apycot, Hudson or Jenkins.
Extensibility
The underlying Astroid library doesn't understand your code? Contribute a patch to pylint-brain
Install
Debian
sudo apt-get install pylint
Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install pylint
Fedora
sudo dnf install pylint
Gentoo
emerge pylint
openSUSE
sudo zypper install pylint # python2.7 sudo zypper install python3-pylint
FreeBSD
portmaster devel/pylint
Arch Linux
pacman -S python2-pylint # if you live in the past pacman -S python-pylint # if you live in the future
OS X
pip install pylint
From source using Git
git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint git clone https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid
Support
Community
Commercial Services
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https://www.logilab.fr/contact
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