What is Pylint?
Pylint is a static code analysis tool for Python that checks coding standards, detects errors, helps with refactoring, and is fully customizable through configuration files and plugins.
What Pylint does
The capabilities that matter for code quality tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Function
- Linter
- Language scope
- Single-language
- Implementation language
- Python
- Autofix
- ✗
- Config model
- Config file
- Custom rules
- ✓
- Deployment
- Both
- Editor integration
- ✓
- CI / VCS gating
- ✓
- Code metrics
- -
- Incremental / monorepo aware
- -
- Open-source
- OSS
- Pricing model
- Free
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
Integrations (12)
Independently observed- Emacs
- Vim
- pylint.vim
- syntastic
- Eclipse
- PyDev
- TextMate
- Spyder
- Editra
- Hudson
- Jenkins
- Apycot
Pylint alternatives
Other code quality tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Pylint, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.12 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 91 | 0.08 | 7.0 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 49 | 0.14 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 71 | 0.04 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 32 | 0.06 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 0.10 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 0.20 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing Transparency | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 36 | mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 5,709 | highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"autofix":false,"function":"linter","ci_gating":true,"deployment":"both","open_source":"oss","config_model":"config_file","custom_rules":true,"impl_language":"Python","pricing_model":"free","language_scope":"single_language","editor_integration":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 12 | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | GPL-2.0 | highsource · 2026-07-31 · 95% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 70% |
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 16 | mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 70% |