codequality

Lightweight, fast code quality analyzer for Python projects. No AI, no API costs.

A simple CLI tool that detects common code smells in your Python codebase. Designed to be a lightweight alternative to heavyweight solutions like SonarQube.

Why codequality?

• ✅ No API costs - Pure static analysis, runs entirely on your machine
• ✅ Fast - Analyzes thousands of files in seconds
• ✅ No setup - Just pipx install codequality and run
• ✅ Human-readable output - Markdown reports that your team will actually read
• ✅ Open source - MIT license, code on GitHub

Installation

pipx install codequality

Or with pip:

pip install --user codequality

Usage

# Analyze current directory
codequality

# Analyze specific path
codequality analyze ./my-project

# Output as JSON
codequality analyze ./my-project --format json

# Output to file
codequality analyze ./my-project --output report.md

# Check only specific rules
codequality analyze ./my-project --only function-length,complexity

# CI-friendly output (exit non-zero on issues)
codequality analyze ./my-project --strict

What does it detect?

Pricing

License

MIT