nvie/vim-flake8
Flake8 plugin for Vim observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5315
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1064
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1068 stars · 98 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Vim plugin that runs the currently open Python file through Flake8, a static syntax and style checker, and displays errors in Vim's quickfix window. It supersedes the older vim-pyflakes and vim-pep8 plugins.
Use cases
- lint python code inside vim
- run flake8 on the current file with a keypress
- show python style errors in the quickfix window
- jump to flake8 error locations in vim
- show flake8 warnings as gutter signs in vim
When to choose
- you edit Python in Vim and want on-demand Flake8 checks
- you prefer a lightweight plugin over a full LSP setup
- you want quickfix integration and gutter signs for lint errors
When to avoid
- you use Neovim with a modern LSP/diagnostic setup like nvim-lint or ALE
- you need asynchronous linting while typing
- you don't have the flake8 binary installed
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
linter developer-tools developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin cli vim flake8 python-linting quickfix static-analysis python
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/nvie/vim-flake8 · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1c1c9bfddffb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nvie/vim-flake8 | main | 23 |
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