pylint-gitlab
This project provides pylint formatters for a nice integration with GitLab CI.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you use GitLab CI and want pylint integration without custom report parsing. The package is stable, has no known vulnerabilities, and handles the boilerplate of formatting pylint output for GitLab's native tooling. The aging maintenance status (264 days since release) is a minor concern—verify compatibility with your pylint version before adopting in a new project, but the package is widely downloaded and appears functional.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires pylint (installed automatically as a dependency) and Python >=3.7.
- Low install friction; pure Python wheel.
- Maintenance status is aging (264 days since last release), though the package remains in the top 5000 by downloads and has no known vulnerabilities.
License · maintenance · safety
GPLv3 (copyleft) — GPLv3 copyleft license: you may use and modify the package freely, but any derivative work or distribution must also be licensed under GPLv3 and include source code.
last release 2025-11-23 (264 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 850,549 downloads/mo, #4,906 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install pylint-gitlab
pylint --exit-zero --output-format=pylint_gitlab.GitlabCodeClimateReporter . > codeclimate.json
# Or with plugin loaded:
pylint --exit-zero --load-plugins=pylint_gitlab --output-format=gitlab-codeclimate . > codeclimate.json- Whether the aging maintenance status (264 days since release) affects compatibility with recent pylint versions.
- Whether all three formatters (CodeClimate, CodeClimateNoHash, PagesHtml) remain fully functional in current GitLab CI environments.
What it is and what it does
pylint-gitlab extends pylint with three custom output formatters designed to integrate code linting directly into GitLab CI workflows. It transforms pylint's analysis results into formats that GitLab understands natively: Code Climate JSON (for merge request code quality reports), an HTML page with linked linting details, and badge scores for visual feedback. The package wraps pylint itself as a runtime dependency, so installing pylint-gitlab automatically brings in pylint and its ecosystem (astroid, isort, mccabe, and others).
You run pylint as normal but specify one of the custom formatters via --output-format, either by full class name (pylint_gitlab.GitlabCodeClimateReporter) or by loading the plugin and using a short alias (gitlab-codeclimate). The package is most commonly used in .gitlab-ci.yml scripts to generate artifacts that GitLab's CI/CD pipeline consumes—code quality reports appear in merge requests, and badge SVGs can be published to GitLab Pages.
Use it for
- Generate Code Climate JSON reports in GitLab CI to display code quality metrics on merge requests.
- Create HTML pages with pylint results and source code links for publishing to GitLab Pages.
- Produce badge SVGs showing linting scores that can be embedded in project documentation or CI artifacts.
- Integrate pylint linting into nbQA workflows using the CodeClimateReporterNoHash variant.
- Automate linting feedback in CI/CD pipelines without writing custom report parsing logic.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you use GitLab CI and want pylint integration without custom report parsing.
The package is stable, has no known vulnerabilities, and handles the boilerplate of formatting pylint output for GitLab's native tooling. The aging maintenance status (264 days since release) is a minor concern—verify compatibility with your pylint version before adopting in a new project, but the package is widely downloaded and appears functional.
Install
pylint-gitlab on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction; pure Python wheel. Maintenance status is aging (264 days since last release), though the package remains in the top 5000 by downloads and has no known vulnerabilities.
Requires pylint (installed automatically as a dependency) and Python >=3.7.
License in practice
GPLv3 copyleft license: you may use and modify the package freely, but any derivative work or distribution must also be licensed under GPLv3 and include source code.
Quickstart
pip install pylint-gitlab
pylint --exit-zero --output-format=pylint_gitlab.GitlabCodeClimateReporter . > codeclimate.json
# Or with plugin loaded:
pylint --exit-zero --load-plugins=pylint_gitlab --output-format=gitlab-codeclimate . > codeclimate.jsonVerify before relying
- Whether the aging maintenance status (264 days since release) affects compatibility with recent pylint versions.
- Whether all three formatters (CodeClimate, CodeClimateNoHash, PagesHtml) remain fully functional in current GitLab CI environments.
Package facts
| License | GPLv3 copyleft |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.7 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 16 packagesanybadgeastroiddillimportlib-metadataisortjinja2markupsafemccabepackagingplatformdirspylinttomlitomlkittyping-extensionswraptzipp |
| Maintenance | Aging 264 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 850,549 / month, #4,906 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)Operating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3 |
Evidence: pylint_gitlab-2.1.1-py3-none-any.whl
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