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nvie/vim-flake8

Flake8 plugin for Vim observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/nvie/vim-flake8 · Vim Script · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) 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

Full methodology

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

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
nvie/vim-flake8main23

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