Package profile
pylint
- Summary: python code static checker
- Author: Python Code Quality Authority <code-quality@python.org>
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Homepage: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint
- Source: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint
- Number of releases: 219
- First release: 0.15.2 on 2009-01-27
- Latest release: 4.1.3 on 2026-10-11
- Latest release size: 571.8 KB (pure Python wheel)
1 known vulnerabilityLatest: GHSA-22qq-2fwx-7p67 — Pylint: Arbitrary code execution via pickle deserialization of the stats cache in PYLINT_HOME View all →
Appears in:Packages for linting and formatting
Dependencies
Pylint has 11 dependencies, 2 of which optional.Dependent packages
| Package | Optional | Group |
|---|---|---|
| prospector | false | |
| pylint-django | false | |
| pylint-per-file-ignores | false | |
| pylint-plugin-utils | false | |
| pylint-pydantic | false |
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