Flake8 vs Staticcheck
Flake8
flake8.pycqa.orgStaticcheck
staticcheck.devSide by side
| Figure | Flake8 | Staticcheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Linters | 8.8 (#2) | 7.3 (#30) |
| Configuration | Project configuration can be stored in setup.cfg, tox.ini, or .flake8 using INI format. | Projects can configure checks and individual check behavior in TOML files named staticcheck.conf. |
| 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 site documents installation with go install and binary releases for common operating systems and CPU architectures. |
| Purpose | Flake8 combines pycodestyle, pyflakes, McCabe, and third-party plugins to check Python code style and quality. | Staticcheck is a Go linter that uses static analysis to find bugs and performance issues, suggest simplifications, and enforce style rules. |
| Target users | The documentation includes a user guide for Flake8 users and a plugin developer guide for people creating or maintaining plugins. | The site presents Staticcheck for Go projects and describes using it alongside go vet in development or CI. |
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