The lintquarto package enables you to run a range of linters and static type checkers on python code in Quarto .qmd files.
This page provides an overview of the available tools.
Use the sidebar to explore ready-to-run examples and detailed usage for each tool.
General linters
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| flake8 | Lightweight tool focused on PEP-8 style, basic errors, and code complexity. |
| pycodestyle | Checks against PEP-8 style guidelines. |
| pyflakes | Checks for logical errors like undefined names and unused imports. |
| pylint | Detailed linter that detects errors, bugs, variable naming issues, and other code problems. |
| ruff | Modern, ultra-fast linter that implements checks from Flake8 and some other popular plugins. |
Specialty linters
| Tool | Speciality | Description |
|---|---|---|
| radon | Complexity | Computes code metrics - lintquarto supports calculating complexity metrics. |
| vulture | Dead Code | Finds unused code. |
Static type checkers
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| mypy | Python’s popular static type checker. |
| pyrefly | Meta’s Rust-based static type checker (successor to Pyre). |
| pyright | Microsoft’s static type checker. |
| pytype | Google’s static type checker. |