---
id: dprint-py
version: "0.55.2.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# dprint-py — a pluggable and configurable code formatting platform.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 141.4K/mo

## What it is and what it does

dprint-py packages the dprint code formatter for Python environments. dprint is a pluggable formatting platform designed to handle multiple programming languages and file types through a single tool, with configuration-driven behavior. The package provides Python bindings to the underlying dprint engine, which is written in Rust.

You install it as a standard Python package and call its formatting functions from Python code. It has no runtime Python dependencies, relying instead on pre-compiled binaries for your platform. The wrapper lets you integrate dprint's formatting capabilities into Python workflows, scripts, or applications without managing a separate dprint binary.

Use it for:

- Format code in multiple languages as part of a Python-based CI/CD pipeline
- Integrate code formatting into a Python development tool or IDE plugin
- Batch-format project files across different file types using a single configuration
- Enforce consistent code style in a polyglot codebase from a Python script
- Add formatting capabilities to a Python linting or code-quality tool

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

dprint-py is a Python wrapper for dprint, a pluggable and configurable code formatting platform that can format multiple file types through a unified interface.

Yes, if you need multi-language code formatting in a Python environment. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and carries a permissive MIT license. Medium install friction is typical for compiled packages and should not deter use. Verify that dprint supports the file types you need before committing.

## Install

pip install dprint-py
uv add dprint-py
poetry add dprint-py

## Installing dprint-py

Before you install: Medium install friction due to platform-specific wheels (macOS arm64/x86_64, Linux aarch64/x86_64, Windows amd64/arm64). Active maintenance with a release 30 days ago and recent repository activity.

License in practice: MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you may use, modify, and distribute dprint-py freely provided you include the license notice.

Quickstart:

pip install dprint-py

import dprint

# Format a file or string
formatted = dprint.format_text(code_text, file_type='typescript')

Verify before relying:

- Specific file types and languages supported by this version of dprint
- Configuration file format and available formatting options
- Performance characteristics and typical use patterns
- Whether this is a maintained fork or official PyPI distribution

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: medium
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 141.4K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

code formatter, multi-language formatter, pluggable formatter, configurable code formatting, dprint wrapper, format code files, code formatting platform, code-formatter, rust-binding, multi-language

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