diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/sorters/external/dartsort.py b/src/spikeinterface/sorters/external/dartsort.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..353791f4b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/sorters/external/dartsort.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from packaging.version import parse
+
+from ..basesorter import BaseSorter
+from ...core import NumpyFolderSorting, NumpySorting
+
+class DartsortSorter(BaseSorter):
+    """Dartsort wrapper"""
+
+    sorter_name = "dartsort"
+    requires_locations = False
+    compatible_with_parallel = {"loky": False, "multiprocessing": False, "threading": False}
+    sorter_description = "Dartsort is the Columbia university sorter made with love by Charlie Windolf and Liam Paninski's team."
+    installation_mesg = """\nTo use dartsort run:\n
+       >>> pip install dartsort
+
+    More information on mountainsort5 at:
+      * https://github.com/cwindolf/dartsort
+    """
+
+    _default_params = {
+    }
+
+    _params_description = {
+    }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _dynamic_params(cls):
+        from dartsort import DARTsortUserConfig
+        from pydantic import RootModel
+        # the trick is to transform the DARTsortUserConfig  (a pydantic.dataclass) into a pydantic model
+        Model = RootModel[DARTsortUserConfig]
+        # so we can dump to dict
+        cfg = Model(DARTsortUserConfig())
+        default_params = cfg.model_dump(mode='python')
+        # and retrieve properties
+        schema = Model.model_json_schema()
+        default_params_descriptions = {}
+        for k, props in schema['$defs']['DARTsortUserConfig']['properties'].items():
+            default_params_descriptions[k] = props['title']
+
+        return default_params, default_params_descriptions
+
+    @classmethod
+    def is_installed(cls):
+        try:
+            import dartsort
+            HAVE_DARTSORT = True
+        except ImportError:
+            HAVE_DARTSORT = False
+
+        return HAVE_DARTSORT
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_sorter_version():
+        import dartsort
+        if hasattr(dartsort, "__version__"):
+            return dartsort.__version__
+        return "unknown"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _setup_recording(cls, recording, sorter_output_folder, params, verbose):
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _run_from_folder(cls, sorter_output_folder, params, verbose):
+        from dartsort import dartsort as dartsort_main
+        from dartsort import DARTsortUserConfig
+
+        recording = cls.load_recording_from_folder(sorter_output_folder.parent, with_warnings=False)
+
+        # dartsort config are set using dataclass we need to map this
+        cfg = DARTsortUserConfig(**params)
+        
+        ret = dartsort_main(
+            recording,
+            sorter_output_folder,
+            cfg,
+        )
+        # the dartsort_sorting is not the spikeinterface sorting!!!
+        dartsort_sorting = ret['sorting']
+
+        times_samples = dartsort_sorting.times_samples
+        labels = dartsort_sorting.labels
+        mask = labels >= 0
+
+        sorting = NumpySorting.from_samples_and_labels(
+            [times_samples[mask]], [labels[mask]], dartsort_sorting.sampling_frequency
+        )
+        
+        NumpyFolderSorting.write_sorting(sorting, sorter_output_folder / "final_darsort_sorting")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_result_from_folder(cls, sorter_output_folder):
+        sorter_output_folder = Path(sorter_output_folder)
+        sorting = NumpyFolderSorting(sorter_output_folder / "final_darsort_sorting")
+        return sorting
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/sorters/external/tests/test_dartsort.py b/src/spikeinterface/sorters/external/tests/test_dartsort.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f87f63261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/sorters/external/tests/test_dartsort.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import unittest
+import pytest
+
+from spikeinterface.sorters import DartsortSorter
+from spikeinterface.sorters.tests.common_tests import SorterCommonTestSuite
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not DartsortSorter.is_installed(), reason="dartsort not installed")
+class DartsortCommonTestSuite(SorterCommonTestSuite, unittest.TestCase):
+    SorterClass = DartsortSorter
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from pathlib import Path
+    test = DartsortCommonTestSuite()
+    test.cache_folder = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[4] / "cache_folder" / "sorters"
+    test.setUp()
+    test.test_with_run()
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/sorters/sorterlist.py b/src/spikeinterface/sorters/sorterlist.py
index 140e0185e2..4c123e3241 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/sorters/sorterlist.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/sorters/sorterlist.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from .external.combinato import CombinatoSorter
+from .external.dartsort import DartsortSorter
 from .external.hdsort import HDSortSorter
 from .external.herdingspikes import HerdingspikesSorter
 from .external.ironclust import IronClustSorter
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 sorter_full_list = [
     # external
     CombinatoSorter,
+    DartsortSorter,
     HDSortSorter,
     HerdingspikesSorter,
     IronClustSorter,