# wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide

The strictest and most opinionated python linter ever!

Repository: https://github.com/wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wemake-python-styleguide
Homepage: https://wemake-python-styleguide.rtfd.io
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, python3, flake8, flake8-plugin, styleguide, wemake-services, code-quality, linter, wemake, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-25T10:41:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3099, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 57, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2894, forks 429 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.612732+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: linter, code-review, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, testing
- platform: python, cli
- tags: flake8-plugin, code-quality, styleguide, static-analysis, python-linting

## Member repositories
- wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.612732+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:35:18.550131+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.612732+00:00, sha bd749a3253dc)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/wemake-python-styleguide/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:50:46.842277+00:00, sha 27adb86fdebf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.