isort is a Python utility / library to sort imports alphabetically and automatically separate into sections and by type.
It provides a command line utility, Python library and plugins for various editors to quickly sort all your imports. It requires Python 3.9+ to run but supports formatting Python 2 code too. Several plugins have been written that enable to use isort from within a variety of text-editors
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/pycqa/isort
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Developer: Timothy Edmund Crosley
License: MIT License
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