python_color_traceback.py

# from http://stackoverflow.com/a/14776693/999193

import sys

def myexcepthook(type, value, tb):
    import traceback
    from pygments import highlight
    from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name
    from pygments.formatters import TerminalFormatter

    tbtext = ''.join(traceback.format_exception(type, value, tb))
    lexer = get_lexer_by_name("pytb", stripall=True)
    formatter = TerminalFormatter()
    sys.stderr.write(highlight(tbtext, lexer, formatter))

sys.excepthook = myexcepthook