Flake8 vs yamllint
Flake8
flake8.pycqa.orgyamllint
yamllint.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Flake8 | yamllint |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Linters | 8.8 (#2) | 6.9 (#31) |
| Configuration | Project configuration can be stored in setup.cfg, tox.ini, or .flake8 using INI format. | It includes default and relaxed configurations and supports custom configuration files. |
| Purpose | Flake8 combines pycodestyle, pyflakes, McCabe, and third-party plugins to check Python code style and quality. | yamllint checks YAML syntax and issues such as duplicate keys, line length, trailing spaces, and indentation. |
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yamllint
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