Flake8
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VisitFlake8 vs revive
What both publish
| Fact | Flake8 | revive |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | Project configuration can be stored in setup.cfg, tox.ini, or .flake8 using INI format. | Rules can be enabled, disabled, and configured in a TOML file, including per-rule severity and exit codes. |
| Installation | The official quickstart installs Flake8 with python -m pip install flake8 and recommends invoking the interpreter-specific module when multiple Python versions are installed. | The documentation describes installation with Homebrew, from Go source, with Docker, or as a precompiled binary. |
| Purpose | Flake8 combines pycodestyle, pyflakes, McCabe, and third-party plugins to check Python code style and quality. | Revive is a fast, configurable, extensible linter for Go and a drop-in replacement for golint. |
| What it does | Flake8 is a Python command-line tool that combines pycodestyle, PyFlakes, McCabe complexity checks and third-party plugins into merged per-file diagnostics. | Revive is a fast, configurable, extensible linter for Go. |
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Pick Flake8 if…
Flake8 suits Python developers working from the command line on Linux who want configurable style and quality checks. It also serves people maintaining or writing Flake8 plugins.
Pick revive if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.