PyCQA/autoflake

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Removes unused imports and unused variables as reported by pyflakes

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Forks: 96
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 36
Avg merge: 2m
Merged PRs (30d): 4

Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Aug 23, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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36 open issues indexed

not removing imports when a symbol is redeclared Open

enhancement

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PyCQA/autoflake#321 · Opened Feb 24, 2025
Colored diff output Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#307 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 2, 2024
Support exclusion of specific imports Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#302 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 5, 2024
Unused submodule imports are left if the top level module is used Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#282 · Opened Oct 4, 2023
Don't remove re-exported imports Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#258 · 2 comments · Opened May 19, 2023
Breaking change to configuration logic in v2.1.0 Open

bug

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PyCQA/autoflake#251 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 17, 2023
(🎁) specify files in config file Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#239 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 16, 2023
Feature request: remove ellipsis Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#235 · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 10, 2023
Feature request: remove type-checking block instead of inserting pass Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#234 · Opened Mar 10, 2023
Run on jupyter notebook, with .ipynb extension Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#230 · Opened Mar 4, 2023
[Feature request] Ignore import-only files Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#221 · Opened Feb 5, 2023
ignore-pass-statements introduces unnecessary pass statements Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#206 · 5 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Dec 30, 2022
Automatically resolving flake8-conda: C0301: line too long? Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#139 · Opened Sep 7, 2022
Remove duplicate keys doesn't remove always Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#113 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 13, 2022
False positive `UndefinedName` with `typing.Literal` Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#109 · Opened May 26, 2022
Trailing comment prevents removal of unused imports Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#106 · Opened Mar 19, 2022
Flag to enable all other mod flags Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#102 · Opened Jan 28, 2022
Extension Autoflake not found in VSCode + WSL:Ubuntu Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#101 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 26, 2022
add --condense-imports option Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#99 · Opened Jan 6, 2022
autoflake should ignore unused variables starting with '_' Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#96 · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 21, 2021
if/import Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#94 · Opened Aug 23, 2021
Why isn't all the code after a return statement removed? Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#93 · Opened Aug 6, 2021
Removing unused variables doesn't work Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#87 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 5, 2021
Autoflake removes imports that are used as the string bound of a type variable Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#84 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 4, 2021
Incorrect replacement of unused variable with pass when followed by comment or empty line Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#82 · 5 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Dec 11, 2020
Option to be quiet in passing check mode? Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#81 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 19, 2020
Option to also print diffs when using `--in-place` Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#77 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 30, 2020
incorrectly removes unused variable when surrounded in typing Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#76 · 4 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Aug 26, 2020
Unused imports with trailing comments are not removed Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#72 · Opened Jul 25, 2020
Fix F541 Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#67 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened May 21, 2020
remove-unused-variable not removing captured variable in except clauses Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#66 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 15, 2020
Unused pass not being removed in certain cases Open

bug

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PyCQA/autoflake#65 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 15, 2020
doesn't remove unused when calling a function with a kwarg Open

enhancement help wanted

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PyCQA/autoflake#48 · Opened Apr 17, 2019
Expand *all* star imports? Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#30 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 24, 2018
Populate __all__ to avoid unused name errors Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#16 · 2 comments · Opened May 1, 2017
Add --only-remove-pass Open

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PyCQA/autoflake#13 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 29, 2016

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