Coding Standard

• checking line-code's length,
• checking if variable names are well-formed according to your coding standard
• checking if imported modules are used

Error detection

• checking if declared interfaces are truly implemented
• checking if modules are imported
• and much more (see the complete check list)

Refactoring help

Pylint detects duplicated code

Fully customizable

Modify your pylintrc to customize which errors or conventions are important to you. The big advantage with Pylint is that it is highly configurable, customizable, and you can easily write a small plugin to add a personal feature.

Editor integration

Run it in emacs , vim (pylint.vim, syntastic), eclipse, etc.

IDE integration

Pylint is integrated into various IDEs:

• Spyder
• Editra
• TextMate
• Eclipse with PyDev
• etc.

UML diagrams

Pylint is shipped with Pyreverse which creates UML diagrams for python code.

Continuous integration

Running Pylint on your project's code can be automated using Apycot, Hudson or Jenkins.

Extensibility

The underlying Astroid library doesn't understand your code? Contribute a patch to pylint-brain