[PR #2942] [CLOSED] Add skylos tool for dead code detection and security #8961

New Issue

GiteaMirror · 2026-04-18T22:57:44-05:00

GiteaMirror commented

2026-04-18 22:57:44 -05:00

📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2942
Author: @duriantaco
Created: 3/5/2026
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: master ← Head: duriantaco-patch-1

📝 Commits (1)

c8f443f Add skylos tool for dead code detection and security

📊 Changes

1 file changed (+1 additions, -0 deletions)

View changed files

📝 README.md (+1 -0)

📄 Description

Project

Skylos

Checklist

One project per PR
PR title format: Add project-name
Entry format: * [project-name](url) - Description ending with period.
Description is concise and short

Why This Project Is Awesome

Which criterion does it meet? (pick one)

Industry Standard - The go-to tool for a specific use case
Rising Star - 5000+ stars in < 2 years, significant adoption
Hidden Gem - Exceptional quality, solves niche problems elegantly

Explain:
Skylos is a framework-aware alternative to Vulture (already listed). We benchmarked both tools on 9 of the most popular Python repositories on GitHub (350k+ combined stars) with every finding

How It Differs

The key difference is framework awareness. Vulture flags Django views, FastAPI endpoints, Pydantic model fields, and pytest fixtures as dead code because it doesn't understand framework magic. Skylos recognizes these patterns and skips them, which is why it has 3x fewer false positives.

Beyond dead code, Skylos also does taint-based security analysis, something Vulture does not do.

323+ GitHub stars, actively maintained, commits within last week
10 months old with consistent activity
Full benchmark methodology and reproducible results: https://github.com/duriantaco/skylos-demo
CI/CD GitHub Action, VS Code extension, MCP server for AI agents

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2942 **Author:** [@duriantaco](https://github.com/duriantaco) **Created:** 3/5/2026 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `duriantaco-patch-1` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`c8f443f`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/c8f443fb8d5e4add96c4ae50ac2c7b0e58993464) Add skylos tool for dead code detection and security ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+1 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+1 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description ## Project [Skylos](https://github.com/duriantaco/skylos) ## Checklist - [x] One project per PR - [x] PR title format: `Add project-name` - [x] Entry format: `* [project-name](url) - Description ending with period.` - [x] Description is concise and short ## Why This Project Is Awesome Which criterion does it meet? (pick one) - [ ] **Industry Standard** - The go-to tool for a specific use case - [ ] **Rising Star** - 5000+ stars in < 2 years, significant adoption - [x] **Hidden Gem** - Exceptional quality, solves niche problems elegantly Explain: Skylos is a framework-aware alternative to Vulture (already listed). We benchmarked both tools on 9 of the most popular Python repositories on GitHub (350k+ combined stars) with every finding ## How It Differs The key difference is framework awareness. Vulture flags Django views, FastAPI endpoints, Pydantic model fields, and pytest fixtures as dead code because it doesn't understand framework magic. Skylos recognizes these patterns and skips them, which is why it has 3x fewer false positives. Beyond dead code, Skylos also does taint-based security analysis, something Vulture does not do. - 323+ GitHub stars, actively maintained, commits within last week - 10 months old with consistent activity - Full benchmark methodology and reproducible results: https://github.com/duriantaco/skylos-demo - CI/CD GitHub Action, VS Code extension, MCP server for AI agents --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

GiteaMirror added the pull-request label 2026-04-18 22:57:44 -05:00

GiteaMirror closed this issue

2026-04-18 22:57:45 -05:00

Sign in to join this conversation.

1 Participants

Notifications

Due Date

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: github-starred/awesome-python#8961