Black Insights

What is Black?

Black is a Python code formatter. It automatically formats Python code to adhere to a consistent style, making it easier to read and maintain. It's commonly used to enforce a uniform coding style across a project, reducing discussions about formatting in code reviews.

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What other technologies are related to Black?

Black Competitor Technologies

ruff

Ruff is an extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust. It can perform formatting in similar ways to Black, making it a direct competitor, though it is often used as a faster linter.

mentioned alongside Black in 29% (57) of relevant job posts

Black Complementary Technologies

isort

isort is a Python utility / library to sort imports alphabetically, and thus automatically generate correct import sections. Black can be configured to integrate with isort, making them complementary.

mentioned alongside Black in 86% (62) of relevant job posts

flake8

flake8 is a wrapper around PyFlakes, pycodestyle, and McCabe. It detects errors. Black ensures formatting, so these tools are complementary.

mentioned alongside Black in 34% (119) of relevant job posts

Pylint

Pylint is a source code analyzer. Black is a code formatter, so they are complementary.

mentioned alongside Black in 20% (141) of relevant job posts