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Dev tools · December 22, 2022

A Python AST viewer for the terminal

Hey HN! I've been having a play with the idea of building a Python AST viewer that can be used in the terminal. It's very early days yet, but the basic approach is now available for playing with. Also on PyPi and works fine on GNU/Linux, macOS and Windows.

A Python AST viewer for the terminal launched on December 22, 2022 with 6 votes, #1,588 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

What it does

A Textual-based Python AST viewing widget library and application - davep/textual-astview

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