Pylint
| Pylint | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Sylvain Thénault (Logilab S.A.) |
| Initial release | 2001 |
| Stable release | 4.0.5
/ 20 February 2026 |
| Written in | Python |
| License | General Public License |
| Website | pylint |
| Repository | |
Pylint is a static code analysis tool for the Python programming language. It is named following a common convention in Python of a "py" prefix, and a nod to the C programming lint program. It follows the style recommended by PEP 8, the Python style guide. It is similar to Pychecker and Pyflakes, but includes the following features:
- Checking the length of each line
- Checking that variable names are well-formed according to the project's coding standard
- Checking that declared interfaces are truly implemented.
It is also equipped with the Pyreverse module that allows UML diagrams to be generated from Python code.
It can be used as a stand-alone program, but also integrates with IDEs such as Eclipse with PyDev, Spyder and Visual Studio Code, and editors such as Atom, GNU Emacs and Vim.