Several plugins have been written that allow you to use isort to add, remove, and sort imports from the comfort of your favorite text editor:

• Kate: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort#installing-isorts-kate-plugin -written and maintained by @timothycrosley
• VIM
  • https://github.com/fisadev/vim-isort#installation - written and maintained by @fisadev.
  • ALE (isort fixer) - let g:ale_fixers = {'python': ['isort']}
  • command! -range=% Isort :<line1>,<line2>! isort - - just add this to your ~/.vimrc
  • https://github.com/brentyi/isort.vim#installation - written and maintained by @brentyi.
  • Just call :%!isort -
• Neovim
  • https://github.com/stsewd/isort.nvim#install - written and maintained by @stsewd.
• Emacs: https://github.com/paetzke/py-isort.el - written and maintained by @paetzke.
• Sublime: https://github.com/jcugat/sublime-text-isort-plugin#install - written by @thijsdezoete and updated by @jcugat
• Atom:
  • https://github.com/bh/atom-python-isort - written and maintained by @bh.
  • https://atom.io/packages/atom-isort - maintained by @lexicalunit
• VSCode: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python - written and maintained by @DonJayamanne; now also by @Microsoft
• pre-commit: https://github.com/FalconSocial/pre-commit-python-sorter - written and maintained by @dinoshauer.
• Pycharm
  • Option 1: File Watcher
    • Locate your isort installation path.
      • On macOS / Linux / BSD:

        $ which isort
        /home/user/venv/bin/isort  # Possible location
        

      • On Windows:

        > where black
        C:\Users\User\venv\Scripts\isort.exe  # Possible location
        

    • Go to Preferences or Settings -> Tools -> File Watchers and click + to add a new watcher:
      • Name: isort
      • File Type: Python
      • Scope: Project Files
      • Program: <isort_location_from_previous_step>
      • Arguments: $FilePath$
      • Output paths to refresh: $FilePath$
      • Working directory: $ProjectFileDir$
      • Uncheck "Auto-save edited files to trigger the watcher"
  • Option 2: External Tool
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• Your Plugin: If you create a new plugin, please feel free to add a reference to it here.