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.
Flake8 is a Python linting tool that integrates PyFlakes, pycodestyle, and McCabe's complexity checker into a single command-line interface for static code analysis. It combines style checking with code quality analysis and supports features like inline suppression comments (noqa), version control hooks, and extensibility through plugins. The project was created by Tarek Ziadé and is currently maintained by anthony sottile and Ian Cordasco.