Linters Link to heading
| Flake8 | Pylint | |
|---|---|---|
| Installation | pip install flake8 | pip install pylint |
| Speed | Fast | Slow |
| Strictness | Not so strict | Strict |
| Configurable | Little | Highly |
| Recommend Scenario | Side-project | CI |
Formatters Link to heading
| autopep8 | black | yapf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installation | pip install autopep8 | pip install black | pip install yapf |
| Configurable | Little | Almost none | Highly |
| Note | Follow PEP8 | Superset of PEP8 | - |
Unit Testing Link to heading
| pytest | unittest | |
|---|---|---|
| Installation | pip install pytest | Built-in |
| Barriers to entry | Low | High |
| Plugins | Lots | - |
| Compatible | unittest | - |