MagicStack/MagicPython

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1443 stars · 98 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

MagicPython is a syntax highlighting package for Python 3 (with Python 2 support) built for Sublime Text, Atom, and Visual Studio Code. It accurately highlights modern Python features like type annotations, f-strings, and regular expressions, and is the default Python highlighter in VS Code and GitHub.

Use cases

• highlight python type annotations correctly in my editor
• fix f-string syntax highlighting in sublime text
• get accurate python regex highlighting in vscode
• replace the default python syntax package in atom
• highlight modern python 3 keywords and magic methods
• use the same python grammar across multiple editors

When to choose

• you need accurate highlighting of Python 3 features like type hints, f-strings, and raw strings
• you use Sublime Text, Atom, or VS Code and want a robust, well-tested Python grammar
• you want a drop-in replacement for the default Python syntax package

When to avoid

• you use an editor outside Sublime Text, Atom, or VS Code
• you are a VS Code user who already has the default highlighter and doesn't need the cutting-edge version
• you need highlighting for languages other than Python

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

editor developer-tools developer-tools text-editors programming-languages editor-plugin cross-platform syntax-highlighting python sublime-text atom vscode textmate-grammar

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