behave-lint¶
A fast, opinionated, extensible linter for Gherkin .feature files and
Behave test suites.
Features¶
- 41 built-in rules across 6 categories: correctness, step definitions, consistency, complexity, style, and pedantic.
- Auto-fix support for 14 rules (safe and unsafe).
- Watch mode — re-lint on file changes with
--watch. - LSP server — real-time diagnostics in any LSP-compatible editor.
- Multiple output formats: console, JSON, SARIF, Markdown, GitHub Actions annotations.
- Plugin system for custom rules and reporters.
- Configurable via
pyproject.toml([tool.behave-lint]section). - Fast — caches parsed models for incremental linting.