fast_rich
fast_rich is a drop-in replacement for Python Rich, powered by Rust for maximum performance.
🚀 Features
- Drop-in replacement - Just change your imports!
- Rust-powered performance - 10-60x faster than Python Rich
- Identical API - Same class names, method signatures, and behavior
- Type hints - Full type annotations for modern Python development
📦 Installation
pip install fast-rich
⚡ Quick Start
Simply change your imports:
# Before (Python Rich)
from rich.console import Console
from rich.table import Table
# After (fast_rich - just change the import!)
from fast_rich.console import Console
from fast_rich.table import Table
Everything else stays the same:
from fast_rich.console import Console
from fast_rich.table import Table
console = Console()
# Tables work exactly like Rich
table = Table(title="Star Wars Movies")
table.add_column("Title", style="cyan")
table.add_column("Year", style="magenta")
table.add_row("A New Hope", "1977")
table.add_row("The Empire Strikes Back", "1980")
console.print(table)
📚 Available Components
| Component | Status | Python Rich Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
Console |
✅ | rich.console.Console |
Table |
✅ | rich.table.Table |
Text |
✅ | rich.text.Text |
Style |
✅ | rich.style.Style |
Panel |
✅ | rich.panel.Panel |
Rule |
✅ | rich.rule.Rule |
Tree |
✅ | rich.tree.Tree |
Progress |
✅ | rich.progress.Progress |
Markdown |
✅ | rich.markdown.Markdown |
Syntax |
✅ | rich.syntax.Syntax |
Columns |
✅ | rich.columns.Columns |
Traceback |
✅ | rich.traceback.Traceback |
Live |
✅ | rich.live.Live |
Layout |
✅ | rich.layout.Layout |
Prompt |
✅ | rich.prompt.Prompt |
Confirm |
✅ | rich.prompt.Confirm |
inspect |
✅ | rich.inspect |
print |
✅ | rich.print |
🎯 Key Differences
While fast_rich aims for 100% API compatibility, there are minor differences:
- Rust backend - Rendering is done in Rust, not Python
- Performance - Significantly faster for large outputs
- Memory - Lower memory footprint for complex renders
🧪 Testing
All components are tested for parity with Python Rich:
cd bindings/python
python -m pytest tests/ -v
📈 Performance
| Operation | Python Rich | fast_rich | Speedup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table (1000 rows) | 150ms | 2.5ms | 60x |
| Progress rendering | 45ms | 0.7ms | 64x |
| Syntax highlighting | 200ms | 5ms | 40x |
📄 License
MIT License - See LICENSE for details.
🙏 Credits
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
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