PyCQA/pydocstyle
docstring style checker observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5328
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1034
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1116 stars · 188 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
pydocstyle is a static analysis CLI tool that checks Python docstrings for compliance with docstring conventions such as PEP 257. It reports style violations like missing docstrings and incorrect quote styles, but the project is officially deprecated in favor of Ruff.
Use cases
- check python docstrings follow pep 257
- lint docstring style in my python project
- find missing docstrings in python code
- enforce docstring conventions in ci
- catch wrong quote style in docstrings
When to choose
- maintaining a legacy pipeline already configured with pydocstyle
- you need the exact original D-codes behavior
When to avoid
- starting a new project - use Ruff instead
- you need support for the latest Python versions
- you want an actively maintained linter
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
linter static-site-generator developer-tools documentation testing python cli cross-platform docstrings pep257 code-quality deprecated static-analysis python
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/PyCQA/pydocstyle · fetched 2026-08-28 · eead8bf94d54
- homepage: http://pydocstyle.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · c2a555a4a7ea
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pydocstyle/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · af808a76ed90
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| PyCQA/pydocstyle | main | 10 |
For agents
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