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wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide

The strictest and most opinionated python linter ever! observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide · homepage · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 87
  • Longevity 100
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: 57
  • age_days: 3099
  • days_rel: 11
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 12

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2894 stars · 429 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

wemake-python-styleguide is the strictest and most opinionated Python linter, implemented as a flake8 plugin. It enforces a comprehensive style guide for idiomatic, simple Python code and integrates with AI tools via skills and an MCP server.

Use cases

  • lint python code for style violations
  • enforce strict code quality standards in a python project
  • find a flake8 plugin with extra opinionated rules
  • teach llm agents to write idiomatic python
  • integrate style checking into ci for python repos

When to choose

  • you want the strictest possible python style enforcement as a flake8 plugin
  • you want to improve code quality of llm-generated python code
  • you already use flake8 or ruff and want deeper opinionated checks

When to avoid

  • you prefer minimal or configurable linting with few opinions
  • you work with a legacy codebase that cannot tolerate many violations
  • you need a linter for languages other than python

Facets

plugin · maturity active

linter code-review developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages testing python cli flake8-plugin code-quality styleguide static-analysis python-linting

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguidemain95

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem