tree-sitter-scala
Scala grammar for tree-sitter
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Yes, if you need to parse and analyze Scala code programmatically. The package is actively maintained, has no runtime dependencies, carries a permissive MIT license, and is backed by the mature tree-sitter ecosystem. Medium install friction is acceptable for a compiled grammar binding. Install only if your target platform has a precompiled wheel available.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later; the package is distributed as precompiled wheels, so installation may fail on unsupported architectures or Python versions without a matching wheel.
- Medium install friction due to compiled wheel distribution across multiple platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows, ARM).
- Package is actively maintained with a release 6 days old and no runtime dependencies, making it straightforward once the wheel is available for your platform.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and open-source projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-08-08 (6 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 196 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 1,732,236 downloads/mo, #3,608 on PyPI
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pip install tree-sitter-scala
from tree_sitter_scala import language- Whether the grammar covers all Scala 2 and Scala 3 syntax features or has known gaps.
- Performance characteristics for large Scala codebases or real-time parsing scenarios.
- Integration examples or documentation beyond the GitHub repository.
- How to use the language binding with external parsing frameworks.
What it is and what it does
tree-sitter-scala is a language grammar binding that plugs into the tree-sitter parsing framework to analyze Scala code. It parses both Scala 2 and Scala 3 syntax into an abstract syntax tree, enabling tools to inspect, transform, or analyze Scala source without running a compiler. The package is a precompiled Python binding to a Rust-based grammar, distributed as platform-specific wheels.
You use it by importing the language binding and integrating it with tree-sitter's parsing infrastructure. It has no runtime dependencies and is actively maintained by the tree-sitter project. The medium install friction reflects the need for a matching precompiled wheel; once installed, it integrates cleanly into any Python code analysis pipeline.
Use it for
- Build a Scala linter or code formatter that needs to inspect and traverse the syntax tree.
- Extract code metrics or perform static analysis on Scala projects without invoking the Scala compiler.
- Implement incremental parsing for a Scala IDE or editor plugin that updates the tree as code changes.
- Generate documentation or visualizations from Scala source by walking the parsed tree structure.
- Migrate or refactor Scala codebases by pattern-matching on tree nodes and rewriting subtrees.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need to parse and analyze Scala code programmatically.
The package is actively maintained, has no runtime dependencies, carries a permissive MIT license, and is backed by the mature tree-sitter ecosystem. Medium install friction is acceptable for a compiled grammar binding. Install only if your target platform has a precompiled wheel available.
Install
tree-sitter-scala on PyPI
Before you install
Medium install friction due to compiled wheel distribution across multiple platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows, ARM). Package is actively maintained with a release 6 days old and no runtime dependencies, making it straightforward once the wheel is available for your platform.
Requires Python 3.9 or later; the package is distributed as precompiled wheels, so installation may fail on unsupported architectures or Python versions without a matching wheel.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and open-source projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install tree-sitter-scala
from tree_sitter_scala import languageVerify before relying
- Whether the grammar covers all Scala 2 and Scala 3 syntax features or has known gaps.
- Performance characteristics for large Scala codebases or real-time parsing scenarios.
- Integration examples or documentation beyond the GitHub repository.
- How to use the language binding with external parsing frameworks.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Medium. Platform-specific wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 6 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,732,236 / month, #3,608 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 |
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See also tree-sitter-go · tree-sitter-python · tree-sitter-java · tree-sitter-kotlin · tree-sitter-json · tree-sitter-html · tree-sitter-ruby · tree-sitter-zig · tree-sitter-julia · tree-sitter-typescript