Command-line tool

flake8

brew/flake8

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Lint your Python code for style and logical errors

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Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install flake8

macOS

brew install flake8
pipx install flake8

Linux

pipx install flake8

Lint a file or directory recursively

flake8 path/to/file_or_directory

Lint a file or directory recursively and show the line on which each error occurred

flake8 --show-source path/to/file_or_directory

Lint a file or directory recursively and ignore a list of rules. (All available rules can be found at <https://www.flake8rules.com/>)

flake8 --ignore rule1,rule2,... path/to/file_or_directory

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