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.[4] It is similar to Pychecker and Pyflakes, but includes the following features:
Developer(s) | Sylvain Thénault (Logilab S.A.)[1][2] |
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Initial release | 2001 |
Stable release | 3.1.0[3]
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Written in | Python |
License | General Public License |
Website | pylint |
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,[6] Spyder and Visual Studio Code,[7] and editors such as Atom,[8] GNU Emacs and Vim.