McCabe
Flake8 plugin for checking cyclomatic complexity of Python code.
Linting and formatting PyPI Expat license
Used in agent projects
21
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in linting and formatting
#37 of 40
by use in those projects
Downloads
16.5M
PyPI, last 7 days, mccabe
GitHub stars
683
last push Jun 28, 2026
How McCabe is used
McCabe is a dependency in 21 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #37 of 40 in linting and formatting. The most used alternative there is ESLint. Projects that use it most often also use packaging (100.0%), Requests (85.7%), attrs (81.0%).
Often used with McCabe
| packaging | 100.0% of McCabe projects · 88.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 85.7% of McCabe projects · 16.1× more than average |
| attrs | 81.0% of McCabe projects · 80.3× more than average |
| charset-normalizer | 81.0% of McCabe projects · 65.1× more than average |
| Click | 81.0% of McCabe projects · 46.1× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list McCabe as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install mccabe |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (20), Other (1) |
| Example projects | mikegianfelice/Hunter, bloodbee/pump-fun-sniper-bot, gabrielfior/solana-analytics-101 |
Alternatives to McCabe
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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4,833 (38.1%) | 162M | 27.6K | MIT |
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| oxfmt npm Fast JavaScript formatter from the Oxc compiler project. |
125 (1.0%) | 16.3M | 23K | MIT |
| ESLint Import Resolver TypeScript npm ESLint plugin resolver adding TypeScript support to import/export linting. |
119 (0.9%) | 48.8M | 825 | ISC |