seddonym/import-linter

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1148 stars · 87 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Import Linter is a command-line tool that checks and enforces constraints on imports between Python modules, helping teams maintain clean architectural boundaries. It also includes a browser-based UI for exploring a package's architecture.

Use cases

• enforce layered architecture rules in a python codebase
• prevent circular imports between modules
• lint python package dependencies between modules
• visualize the import graph of a python package
• forbid imports from higher layers to lower layers
• check that contracts between packages are respected in CI

When to choose

• you want to codify and enforce architectural rules for a Python codebase
• you need CI checks that fail when forbidden imports are introduced
• you want to explore or document module dependency structure

When to avoid

• you need general-purpose style linting (use ruff or flake8)
• your project is not written in Python
• you need runtime dependency analysis rather than static import checking

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

linter static-site-generator developer-tools cli python cross-platform import-linting architecture-constraints dependency-rules code-quality architecture python

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