tree-sitter-elixir
Elixir grammar for tree-sitter
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Yes. The package is actively maintained, production-grade, widely used by GitHub, carries no known vulnerabilities, and has a permissive license. Medium install friction is offset by precompiled wheels across platforms. Install if you need to parse or analyze Elixir code.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later; tree-sitter core library integration details not specified in package metadata.
- Medium install friction due to compiled wheel distribution across multiple platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows, ARM variants).
- Actively maintained with recent commits and no known vulnerabilities.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.
last release 2026-03-02 (165 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-20 · 282 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 1,750,952 downloads/mo, #3,593 on PyPI
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pip install tree-sitter-elixir
import tree_sitter_elixir- Whether tree-sitter core library must be installed separately as a system dependency.
- Performance characteristics and memory overhead for parsing large Elixir codebases.
- Completeness of Elixir syntax coverage relative to the official language specification.
- How to invoke the grammar from Python code beyond basic import.
What it is and what it does
tree-sitter-elixir is a Python binding for an Elixir language grammar compatible with the tree-sitter incremental parsing framework. It enables Python applications to parse and analyze Elixir source code with syntax-aware tree construction, useful for code analysis tools, linters, and IDE features. The package ships as precompiled wheels for Python 3.9+ across major platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows) and ARM architectures, reducing build friction. It has no runtime dependencies beyond Python itself.
The grammar is production-ready and currently used by GitHub for source code highlighting and code navigation. The project is actively maintained with recent commits and is part of the official Elixir language organization. It integrates with the broader tree-sitter ecosystem, allowing developers to leverage existing tree-sitter tooling and patterns for Elixir code inspection.
Use it for
- Build a Python-based Elixir code formatter or linter that needs precise syntax tree information.
- Implement IDE features like code navigation or refactoring for Elixir in a Python editor backend.
- Analyze Elixir codebases programmatically to extract metrics, dependencies, or code patterns.
- Create documentation generators or code visualization tools that parse Elixir source files.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, production-grade, widely used by GitHub, carries no known vulnerabilities, and has a permissive license. Medium install friction is offset by precompiled wheels across platforms. Install if you need to parse or analyze Elixir code.
Install
tree-sitter-elixir on PyPI
Before you install
Medium install friction due to compiled wheel distribution across multiple platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows, ARM variants). Actively maintained with recent commits and no known vulnerabilities.
Requires Python 3.9 or later; tree-sitter core library integration details not specified in package metadata.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.
Quickstart
pip install tree-sitter-elixir
import tree_sitter_elixirVerify before relying
- Whether tree-sitter core library must be installed separately as a system dependency.
- Performance characteristics and memory overhead for parsing large Elixir codebases.
- Completeness of Elixir syntax coverage relative to the official language specification.
- How to invoke the grammar from Python code beyond basic import.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Medium. Platform-specific wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 165 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,750,952 / month, #3,593 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Intended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseTopic :: Software Development :: CompilersTopic :: Text Processing :: LinguisticTyping :: Typed |
Evidence: tree_sitter_elixir-0.3.5-cp39-abi3-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl; tree_sitter_elixir-0.3.5-cp39-abi3-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; tree_sitter_elixir-0.3.5-cp39-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.manylinux_2_5_x86_64.whl; tree_sitter_elixir-0.3.5-cp39-abi3-manylinux2014_aarch64.manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl; tree_sitter_elixir-0.3.5-cp39-abi3-musllinux_1_2_aarch64.whl; tree_sitter_elixir-0.3.5-cp39-abi3-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl; tree_sitter_elixir-0.3.5-cp39-abi3-win_amd64.whl; tree_sitter_elixir-0.3.5-cp39-abi3-win_arm64.whl
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See also tree-sitter-hcl · tree-sitter-python · tree-sitter-go · tree-sitter-ruby · tree-sitter-cmake · tree-sitter-java · tree-sitter-kotlin · tree-sitter-groovy · tree-sitter-powershell · tree-sitter-fortran