rec - Overview

Tom Ritchford

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

My Python open source projects

This is a dashboard of my active Python open-source projects on Github, mostly small- to medium-sized libraries that try to do one useful thing as clearly and thoroughly as possible.

(No AI was used in the writing or maintenance of any of these libraries.)

🌟 means "Stars"
👁 means "Subscribers"

🟢 means "Release version"
🕰 means "Most recent non-version commit"

(Last update 2026/02/03, 17:25:01 by https://github.com/rec/multi)

Production-ready

🧿 `safer` 🧿 (🌟 176 👁 2) A safer writer for files and streams `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v5.3.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Many changes from the new toolchain`	🗃 `tdir` 🗃 (🌟 4) Create and fill a temporary directory `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.9.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
🖋 `editor` 🖋 (🌟 10) Open the default text editor `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.7.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	✂️ `psplit` ✂️ Split git patch files `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.1.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
🗜 `gitz` 🗜 (🌟 37 👁 2) Tiny useful git commands, some dangerous `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.8.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	🎨 `nc` 🎨 (🌟 4) Named colors in Python `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.1.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
🗝 `dtyper` 🗝 (🌟 20 👁 3) Fix and improve `typer` `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v2.6.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	🏫 `clsprop` 🏫 (🌟 2) Just like @property but for classes `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.4.0` `26/02/02`🕰`Fix tools.classifiers section in pyproject.toml`
🧵 `threa` 🧵 (🌟 2) Better threads `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.10.0` `26/02/02`🕰`Fix tools.classifiers section in pyproject.toml`	⛏ `sproc` ⛏ (🌟 12) Subprocesseses for subhumanses `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v2.5.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
🍱 `zoialib` 🍱 (🌟 4 👁 2) A patch librarian for the Empress ZOIA `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.7.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Remove unused variable`	🌱 `xmod` 🌱 (🌟 5) Turn any object into a module `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.9.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
🛎 `impall` 🛎 (🌟 8) Test-import all modules `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.6.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	🗂 `datacls` 🗂 (🌟 3) Take the edge off `dataclass` `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v4.9.0` `26/02/02`🕰`Fix tools.classifiers section in pyproject.toml`
🐜 `abbrev` 🐜 (🌟 4) Expand abbreviations `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.3.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	🎴 `dek` 🎴 (🌟 4) The decorator-decorator `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.5.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Move test_dek.py to test/`

Experimental

🎶 `tuney` 🎶 Turn text into music (#noAI) `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.2.0` `26/02/02`🕰`Return to using single quotes`	🌐 `nmr` 🌐 Name all canonical things `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.10.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
🎙 `recs` 🎙 (🌟 3 👁 2) The Universal Recorder `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.11.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Update to version 0.10.0`	🔉 `vl8` 🔉 (🌟 3) Perturbed audio `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.3.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
💡 `litoid` 💡 Sequence DMX lighting `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.2.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	🗣 `def_main` 🗣 A decorator for main `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.12.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Remove .envrc`
📓 `hardback` 📓 Hardcopy backups of digital data `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.10.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	📦 `backer` 📦 Continuously back up files `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.8.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`

Beta

🥞 `pullman` 🥞 Manage ghstack pull requests `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.11.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	🔧 `fixo` 🔧 Semi-automatic rule based editing of Python code `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.2.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
🏺 `fil` 🏺 (🌟 3) Read/write JSON/TOML/Yaml/txt `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.5.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	🔢 `plur` 🔢 Simple universal word pluralizer `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.1.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Move test_plur.py to test/`
🍇 `cfgs` 🍇 (🌟 3) XDG standard config files `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.14.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`

Mothballed

🌊 `wavemap` 🌊 (🌟 10 👁 2) Memory map WAVE or raw audio files `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v2.1.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	🛍 `loady` 🛍 (🌟 6 👁 2) Load Python code and data from git `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.9.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`
🏃 `runs` 🏃 (🌟 3 👁 2) Run a block of text as a subprocess `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.3.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Move test_runs.py to test/`

Personal

🐘 `fortune` 🐘 A Mastodon bot for /usr/games/fortune `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v0.2.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	📚 `multi` 📚 Manage all my other projects `23/02/02`🟢`Update to version v0.1.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Release all projects (fix #35)`
⬜🟩🟦🟥 `blocks` 🟥🟦🟩⬜ Solve a block puzzle `26/02/03`🟢`Update version to v1.1.0` `26/02/03`🕰`Accept suggestions from new toolchain`	❓ `test` ❓ Tiny bits of experimental code `26/02/02`🕰`Add python/fix_error_messages.py`
⚫ `dotfiles` ⚫ My dotfiles `26/01/29`🕰`Many changes`