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List of Tools Used for Python

A list of tools that are commonly used in the Python ecosystem.

For example, Ruff is a famous static linter and formatter written in Rust.

Note

This list of tools are opinionated, feel free to remove any by removing its occurrences in the pyproject.toml` file.

Name Description Website
Poetry A dependency management and packaging tool for Python projects. Poetry
Sphinx A documentation generator for Python projects. Sphinx
GitPython A Python library used to interact with Git repositories. GitPython
Pre-commit A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks. Pre-commit
Coverage A tool for measuring code coverage of Python programs. Coverage.py
Pytest A testing framework for Python that makes it easy to write simple and scalable test cases. Pytest
Ruff A fast Python linter that checks for style and programming errors. Ruff
Mypy An optional static type checker for Python. Mypy
Cython A programming language that makes writing C extensions for Python as easy as Python itself. Cython
Isort A Python utility for sorting imports. Isort
Time-machine A library for manipulating time in tests. Time-machine
Nbconvert A tool for converting Jupyter Notebooks to other formats. Nbconvert
Twine A utility for publishing Python packages on PyPI. Twine
Black A code formatter for Python that enforces a consistent coding style. Black
Flake8 A tool for enforcing coding style in Python, combining PyFlakes, pycodestyle, and McCabe complexity checker. Flake8
Codespell A tool for checking and correcting common misspellings in text files. Codespell
Creosote A tool for managing Python virtual environments. Creosote
Pyright A static type checker for Python, providing type checking and type inference. Pyright
MkDocs A static site generator for project documentation. MkDocs