Prospector is a source code analysis tool that brings together several Python linters through a single interface. It is designed to help developers identify programming errors, convention violations and maintainability issues without configuring multiple analysers independently.
The software combines findings from tools such as Pylint, pycodestyle and McCabe complexity analysis. It provides predefined profiles intended to deliver useful results with relatively little setup, while giving developers control over which checks should apply to their projects.
Prospector can also adapt its analysis to certain Python frameworks, reducing the number of misleading warnings caused by dynamically generated attributes and framework-specific behaviour. It is particularly useful for teams that want a consistent checking process without maintaining several independent linting configurations.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Combines analysis from Pylint, pycodestyle and McCabe through a unified command-line interface.
- Supports optional integrations with additional analysis tools, including Mypy and Bandit.
- Provides configurable YAML profiles for selecting checks and adjusting diagnostic behaviour.
- Offers configurable strictness levels to control how aggressively code is analysed.
- Supports framework-aware analysis to reduce false positives in compatible projects.
- Can exclude selected paths, error categories or individual diagnostic messages.
- Provides consolidated reports rather than requiring developers to examine separate outputs from every analyser.
- Supports structured reporting and integration with automated code quality workflows.
Website: github.com/prospector-dev/prospector
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Developer: prospector-dev
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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