---
id: pylint-quotes
version: "0.2.3"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: dormant
---

# pylint-quotes — Quote consistency checker for PyLint..

License: permissive · Maintenance: dormant · Downloads: 82.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pylint-quotes is a Pylint plugin that adds quote-consistency checking to your linting workflow. It enforces a uniform style for string literals, triple-quoted strings, and docstrings across your codebase, flagging violations as Pylint convention messages. The plugin supports configurable quote preferences (single or double) for each category and includes a smart mode to avoid unnecessary escaping.

You load it by passing --load-plugins pylint_quotes when running Pylint. It then scans your code for quote inconsistencies and reports them alongside standard Pylint checks. Configuration is done via a Pylint config file with keys like string-quote, triple-quote, and docstring-quote set to 'single', 'double', or escape-aware variants.

Use it for:

- Enforce a team's chosen quote style (e.g., single quotes for strings, double for docstrings) across a large codebase.
- Catch quote inconsistencies in code review by running pylint-quotes in CI/CD pipelines.
- Standardize docstring quotes to match internal style guides during refactoring.
- Prevent unnecessary string escaping by using the 'avoid-escape' configuration modes.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

A Pylint plugin that enforces consistent use of single vs. double quotes and docstring quote styles across Python code.

Yes, if you are actively using Pylint and want automated quote-style enforcement. The low install friction and permissive MIT license make it a straightforward addition. However, exercise caution: the package is dormant (last release 2021-05-25) and may have compatibility gaps with recent Pylint versions—verify it works in your environment before relying on it in production CI/CD.

## Install

pip install pylint-quotes
uv add pylint-quotes
poetry add pylint-quotes

## Installing pylint-quotes

Before you install: Low install friction with a single runtime dependency on pylint. However, the package is dormant—last release was 2021-05-25, though the repository remains active with a commit as recent as 2024-08-14. No recent maintenance or updates.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive, allowing use in commercial and open-source projects with minimal restrictions beyond attribution.

Quickstart:

pip install pylint-quotes

pylint --load-plugins pylint_quotes your_module.py

Requires pylint to be installed and available; the plugin must be explicitly loaded via the --load-plugins flag to function.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the plugin remains compatible with recent pylint versions despite dormancy since 2021-05-25.
- Whether configuration options (string-quote, triple-quote, docstring-quote) work as documented in current pylint environments.
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.9, given the latest classifiers list only through 3.9.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: dormant
- Downloads: 82.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

pylint quote consistency checker, enforce string quote style, docstring quote linter, python quote standardization, pylint plugin quotes, string quote validation, docstring quote enforcement, linting, code-style, pylint-plugin

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