---
id: parso
version: "0.8.7"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# parso — A Python Parser

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install parso
uv add parso
poetry add parso

## Description

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parso - A Python Parser
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Parso is a Python parser that supports error recovery and round-trip parsing
for different Python versions (in multiple Python versions). Parso is also able
to list multiple syntax errors in your python file.

Parso has been battle-tested by jedi_. It was pulled out of jedi to be useful
for other projects as well.

Parso consists of a small API to parse Python and analyse the syntax tree.

A simple example:

.. code-block:: python

    >>>...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Parso is a Python parser that recovers from syntax errors and parses code across multiple Python versions, producing an analyzable syntax tree and reporting multiple errors in a single pass.

Verdict: Parso is a mature, actively maintained parser library with no security vulnerabilities, zero dependencies, and permissive licensing. It is well-suited for projects needing robust Python syntax analysis across multiple Python versions with graceful error handling.

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