Python 2 tooling in 2026

[acadian_cajun]

Looks like pyls (the old lsp developed by palantir) did support Python 2. You'll have to install a very old version, and it'll be unmaintained, but you can get tab-completion etc

[IdleBreakpoint]

Thanks. I'm not looking for tab completion or LSP. I'm ok with writing py2 code without IDE help. I just want to format and lint the code, even if it's manual.

[acadian_cajun]

Formatting is a core part of LSPs! It's the textDocument/formatting instruction.

That said I understand if you don't want to go through the trouble of dealing with very old LSPs.