diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 99469da..214d3b5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,20 @@ repos:
       - id: check-merge-conflict
       - id: debug-statements
         language_version: python3
+  - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8.git
+    rev: 3.8.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - pydocstyle>=5.1.1
+          - flake8-absolute-import
+          - flake8-black>=0.1.1
+          - flake8-docstrings>=1.5.0
+        language_version: python3
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-pylint
+    rev: v2.6.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: pylint
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - ansible-base
+          - testinfra
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..455ad61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+disable =
+    # TODO(ssbarnea): remove temporary skips adding during initial adoption:
+    attribute-defined-outside-init,
+    consider-using-dict-comprehension,
+    consider-using-enumerate,
+    deprecated-module,
+    import-error,
+    invalid-name,
+    line-too-long,
+    missing-class-docstring,
+    missing-function-docstring,
+    missing-module-docstring,
+    no-self-use,
+    redefined-builtin,
+    redefined-outer-name,
+    too-few-public-methods,
+    too-many-arguments,
+    too-many-branches,
+    too-many-instance-attributes,
+    too-many-locals,
+    too-many-public-methods,
+    too-many-statements,
+    unused-argument,
+    unused-variable,
+
+[REPORTS]
+output-format = colorized
diff --git a/ansi2html/converter.py b/ansi2html/converter.py
index 4d8ff5b..5f75796 100644
--- a/ansi2html/converter.py
+++ b/ansi2html/converter.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 """
 
 
-class _State(object):
+class _State:
     def __init__(self):
         self.reset()
 
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ def linkify(line, latex_mode):
     )
     if latex_mode:
         return url_matcher.sub(r"\\url{\1}", line)
-    else:
-        return url_matcher.sub(r'<a href="\1">\1</a>', line)
+    return url_matcher.sub(r'<a href="\1">\1</a>', line)
 
 
 def map_vt100_box_code(char):
@@ -243,11 +242,11 @@ def _needs_extra_newline(text):
     return True
 
 
-class CursorMoveUp(object):
+class CursorMoveUp:
     pass
 
 
-class Ansi2HTMLConverter(object):
+class Ansi2HTMLConverter:
     """Convert Ansi color codes to CSS+HTML
 
     Example:
@@ -508,24 +507,23 @@ def convert(self, ansi, full=True, ensure_trailing_newline=False):
         attrs = self.prepare(ansi, ensure_trailing_newline=ensure_trailing_newline)
         if not full:
             return attrs["body"]
+        if self.latex:
+            _template = _latex_template
         else:
-            if self.latex:
-                _template = _latex_template
-            else:
-                _template = _html_template
-            all_styles = get_styles(self.dark_bg, self.line_wrap, self.scheme)
-            backgrounds = all_styles[:6]
-            used_styles = filter(
-                lambda e: e.klass.lstrip(".") in attrs["styles"], all_styles
-            )
+            _template = _html_template
+        all_styles = get_styles(self.dark_bg, self.line_wrap, self.scheme)
+        backgrounds = all_styles[:6]
+        used_styles = filter(
+            lambda e: e.klass.lstrip(".") in attrs["styles"], all_styles
+        )
 
-            return _template % {
-                "style": "\n".join(list(map(str, backgrounds + list(used_styles)))),
-                "title": self.title,
-                "font_size": self.font_size,
-                "content": attrs["body"],
-                "output_encoding": self.output_encoding,
-            }
+        return _template % {
+            "style": "\n".join(list(map(str, backgrounds + list(used_styles)))),
+            "title": self.title,
+            "font_size": self.font_size,
+            "content": attrs["body"],
+            "output_encoding": self.output_encoding,
+        }
 
     def produce_headers(self):
         return '<style type="text/css">\n%(style)s\n</style>\n' % {
diff --git a/ansi2html/style.py b/ansi2html/style.py
index 74ffc11..d8603f9 100644
--- a/ansi2html/style.py
+++ b/ansi2html/style.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-class Rule(object):
+class Rule:
     def __init__(self, klass, **kw):
 
         self.klass = klass
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 36cf482..c859710 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ setup_requires =
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = .
+
+[flake8]
+format = pylint
+# E203: https://github.com/python/black/issues/315
+ignore = E741,W503,W504,H,E501,E203,D
diff --git a/tests/test_ansi2html.py b/tests/test_ansi2html.py
index 902af7d..7d9d25f 100644
--- a/tests/test_ansi2html.py
+++ b/tests/test_ansi2html.py
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ def test_conversion_as_command(self, mock_stdout, mock_argv):
         with open(join(_here, "ansicolor.html"), "rb") as output:
             expected_data = "".join(read_to_unicode(output))
 
-        f = lambda: StringIO(test_data)
+        def f():
+            return StringIO(test_data)
 
         with patch("sys.stdin", new_callable=f):
             main()