PyCQA/flake8

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flake8 is a python tool that glues together pycodestyle, pyflakes, mccabe, and third-party plugins to check the style and quality of some python code.

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Last GitHub push: Aug 17, 2026
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Max Line Length in style guide ignored with python 3.14 when checking multiple files Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/flake8#2011 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 12, 2026
file-level noqa should raise an error if specific errors are provided (to avoid confusion) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#1793 · 9 comments · Opened Jan 29, 2023
--output-file with end of argument (--) worked in 3.7.9 but no longer works in 6.0.0 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PyCQA/flake8#1774 · 13 comments · Opened Dec 21, 2022
option_manager.add_option ignores action when reading from config Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#1770 · 5 comments · Opened Dec 19, 2022
Remove --benchmark / --statistics / --count ? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#1699 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 29, 2022
warn on useless `select` / `extend-select` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#1688 · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 15, 2022
`--benchmark` / `--statistics` don't play well with custom formatters or `--quiet` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#1458 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 14, 2021
flake8 should only consider a noqa comment if it is actually a comment Open

bug:confirmed confirmed-by:core

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PyCQA/flake8#1321 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 24, 2021
Unclear how plugins should indicate a configuration failure Open

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PyCQA/flake8#1108 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Create sharable configuration presets for Flake8 Open

feature:proposed

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#1105 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Inconsistent exclude behaviour Open

bug:confirmed confirmed-by:core

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/flake8#1074 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 3, 2021
local-plugins relative paths are resolved relative to all paths not just the one the path directive is found Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#759 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Performance suggestion: do not run unselected plugins/checks Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#751 · 4 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Document how to test plugins Open

component:docs component:legacy-api

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PyCQA/flake8#705 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 3, 2021
per-file-ignores in config file should be treated relative to it Open

bug:confirmed confirmed-by:core

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/flake8#693 · 24 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Apr 3, 2021
glob patterns should not be overriden by specific --per-file-ignores rules Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#670 · 18 comments · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Raise errors when "# noqa" lines don't have any issues Open

feature:accepted priority:medium

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PyCQA/flake8#603 · 9 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Apr 3, 2021
No documentation on how to write plugins. Open

component:docs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

PyCQA/flake8#556 · 8 comments · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Having flake8 extensions install at system level will break projects and there is no way to disable them Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/flake8#488 · 9 comments · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Rework specifying and layering of configuration Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

PyCQA/flake8#332 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Allow Specifying format when using tee Open

feature:proposed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

PyCQA/flake8#249 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 3, 2021
pyproject.toml (PEP 518) support Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

PyCQA/flake8#234 · 50 comments · Opened Apr 3, 2021
Design new Python API to replace Legacy API Open

feature:accepted priority:medium

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

PyCQA/flake8#140 · 14 comments · Opened Apr 3, 2021

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