PyCQA/isort

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A Python utility / library to sort imports.

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Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Aug 27, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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79 open issues indexed

multi_line_output=10 emits unparsable code when an import has a trailing comment Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2650 · Opened Sep 4, 2026
isort disagrees with black on wrapping over-long star imports Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 74/100

PyCQA/isort#2649 · Opened Sep 3, 2026
Sorting a literal drops a trailing comment, and raises if the comment contains "=" Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

PyCQA/isort#2646 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 29, 2026
Make `_Config` and `Config` work as native class Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#2629 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 16, 2026
Deprecate inspection of shebang lines to determine if file is supported Open

PyCQA/isort#2607 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 3, 2026
`--sort-reexports` does not retain trailing commas in short `__all__` exports Open

PyCQA/isort#2578 · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Jul 12, 2026
Feature Request: add support for global config using $XDG_CONFIG_HOME Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

PyCQA/isort#2465 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 6, 2026
Support explicit lazy imports in Python 3.15 (PEP 810) Open

enhancement help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

PyCQA/isort#2462 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 25, 2026
`--fss` may lead to incorrect import separation for mixed multi-line and alias imports Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

PyCQA/isort#2455 · 10 comments · Opened Jan 22, 2026
line-ending detection doesn't work on Windows and --help explain how to use --line-ending Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

PyCQA/isort#2453 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 20, 2026
`src_path` semantics needs clarification Open

documentation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

PyCQA/isort#2365 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 17, 2025
--sort-reexports results in isort not being able to parse file Open

PyCQA/isort#2286 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Aug 27, 2024
Feature request: Remove superfluous `import a` statements when there is already `import a.b` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PyCQA/isort#2285 · Opened Aug 14, 2024
Feature request: per-block sorting strategy (inline sort) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

PyCQA/isort#2272 · Opened Jun 23, 2024
isort doesn't format the imports in PyCharm's Jupyter notebooks Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2254 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 3, 2024
THIRDPARTY module detected as FIRSTPARTY when import happens within subdir of same name Open

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PyCQA/isort#2247 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 14, 2024
Third-party incorrectly identify as First-party depending on the name of the root directory Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#2240 · Opened Feb 27, 2024
Sorting order is broken and not following standard sort order Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

PyCQA/isort#2239 · 13 comments · Opened Feb 21, 2024
files configuration option missing from config file(s) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

PyCQA/isort#2231 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 9, 2024
Can we add a json schema to complete pyproject.toml's [tool.isort]? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#2227 · Opened Jan 22, 2024
isort doesn't respect config when it is inside subfolders Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2200 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 23, 2023
Specifying known_first_party and src_path still causes Isort to group my own module with third party imports. Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2194 · 5 reactions · Opened Nov 1, 2023
Possibility to locally turn off `remove_redundent_aliases` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PyCQA/isort#2189 · Opened Oct 19, 2023
Firstparty + `from ... import ...` corner case Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

PyCQA/isort#2167 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 22, 2023
--lines-before-import inconsistent between writing to a stream compared to a file in some cases Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

PyCQA/isort#2156 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 13, 2023
Add option to place absolute import above relative import in the same section Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#2146 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 28, 2023
How do I tell isort that a local import that happens to have the same name as a third party library is a local folder? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2143 · Opened Jun 8, 2023
Force to top should support *specific* ordering Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2130 · Opened May 5, 2023
Line Length Ignores Comments Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#2124 · Opened Apr 21, 2023
isort confuses directory for Python package Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#2101 · Opened Feb 24, 2023
Trailing comment removed from `as` imports with `combine_as_imports = true` and `force_single_line = true` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2094 · Opened Feb 14, 2023
No `NOQA` added to long line with `as` import for `multi_line_output = 7` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2093 · Opened Feb 14, 2023
[feature] Shell completion Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2069 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 11, 2023
isort gets confused when working with git worktrees Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PyCQA/isort#2068 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Jan 6, 2023
How to classify local folders as first party modules except venv Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

PyCQA/isort#2066 · Opened Jan 3, 2023
inconsistencies of known_first_party and --resolve-all-configs argument Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2045 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Dec 16, 2022
Formatting problems in an `else` conditional import Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

PyCQA/isort#2010 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 2, 2022
ensure_newline_before_comments is not respected Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#2009 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 30, 2022
Import sections with conditionals Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#1998 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 13, 2022
Incosistent sorting of wrapped imports with --force-sort-within-sections Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

PyCQA/isort#1985 · Opened Nov 2, 2022
`--filter-files` does not consider extensions Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#1984 · Opened Oct 28, 2022
New feature: isort should move module-level-dunders to the correct place Open

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PyCQA/isort#1980 · 4 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Oct 20, 2022
`--force-alphabetical-sort` breaks `--lines-between-types=0` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#1972 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 24, 2022
`add_imports` + `append_only` inserts future import in illegal position Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#1970 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 14, 2022
isort is not explicit about skipping directories Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#1968 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 10, 2022
isort: skip not respected with add_imports config option Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

PyCQA/isort#1962 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 7, 2022
`skip_glob` seems to ignore `!(ab|cd|ef)` syntax Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PyCQA/isort#1955 · Opened Jul 25, 2022
[question] Is it possible to remove newlines between `__future__`, `from` and `import`? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#1954 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 23, 2022
Filter import additions to files by regex/glob Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PyCQA/isort#1951 · Opened Jul 8, 2022
Relative path not in sorting order with `--fss` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PyCQA/isort#1944 · Opened Jun 23, 2022

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