Linting

See here for an example configuration for some of these.

Code formatting

Name	Short description	🚦
pre-commit	Universal tool which performs a git hook on commit, allows you to run linters/formatters on any code. A tool to automatically run many of the tools listed below.	🟢
ruff-format	A drop-in replacement for black (and also super fast). A nice “no-need to think” code formatter. If you have your own opinions about code style, you might not like this.	🟢
ruff	A fast linter which incorporates a range of other linters. Notably isort can be included as a ruff rule (which we recommend).	🟢
toml-sort	Sorts TOML files which are now part of PEP 8.	🟢
autopep8	Formatter which conforms to PEP 8.	🟠
black	Opinionated formatter, defaults to 88 characters per line. Widely used, but we now recommend ruff-format in its place.	🟠
isort	Sorts imports alphabetically, splits into first/third party, works on python & cython code. We recommend this, but it can be included in ruff, which is simpler.	🟠
pycodestyle	Linter which checks for errors.	🟠
pyflakes	Linter which checks for errors.	🟠
pylint	Linter which checks for errors.	🟠
sourcery	An AI code reviewer which simplifies code, has a free version but can pay for fancier features.	🟠
yapf	Google formatter.	🟠
flake8	Linter which complains if code doesn’t follow a rule. Does not support modern pyproject.toml configuration.	🔴

Type checking

Name	Short description	🚦
mypy	Static type checker, won’t fail if no typing but will if typing is incorrect.	🟢