rindle 1.0.1

Dataset preparation library with Python bindings for sliding window tensors

Rindle for Python

Rindle turns collections of per-ticker CSV files into contiguous sliding-window tensors that are ready for deep learning workflows. The Python extension wraps the C++20 data preparation engine behind a small, NumPy-friendly API so you can configure builds, materialize datasets, and recover fitted scalers directly from notebooks or training scripts.

Highlights

• Deterministic dataset builds – declare the window geometry, scaler, and input schema with rindle.create_config and let the engine emit consistent results across runs.
• Multi-threaded – both build_dataset and get_dataset parallelize work across tickers and windows using a C++ thread pool. An optional thread_count parameter (default 0 = auto) gives explicit control. The Python GIL is released during these calls so other threads stay responsive.
• Manifest-driven reloads – rehydrate tensors on demand with rindle.get_dataset using the in-memory manifest returned by a build or a saved manifest.json file.
• NumPy integration – feature (Dataset.X) and target (Dataset.Y) tensors are exposed as NumPy arrays with shape (windows, sequence_length, features) and float32 precision for direct use with frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Scaler introspection – fetch the fitted scaler for any ticker/feature pair to invert predictions or understand the normalization that was applied.

Installation

The package ships with pre-built wheels when possible and can also be compiled locally with a C++20 toolchain.

pip install rindle

Building from source requires a compiler with C++20 support, CMake 3.18+, and Python 3.9 or newer. When working from a clone of the repository:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install build
python -m build
python -m pip install dist/rindle-*.whl

Quickstart

from pathlib import Path
import rindle

config = rindle.create_config(
    input_dir=Path("data/raw_prices"),
    output_dir=Path("data/processed"),
    feature_columns=["Open", "High", "Low", "Close", "Volume"],
    seq_length=64,
    future_horizon=8,
    target_column="Close",
    time_mode=rindle.TimeMode.UTC_NS,
    row_major=False,
    scaler_kind=rindle.ScalerKind.Standard,
)

manifest = rindle.build_dataset(config)  # parallelized across tickers

# Load full dataset (default)
dataset = rindle.get_dataset(manifest)  # parallelized tensor fill

# Load a random 10% sample (maintains ticker distribution)
dataset_small = rindle.get_dataset(manifest, percentage=0.1)

# Explicit thread count (0 = auto-detect)
dataset = rindle.get_dataset(manifest, thread_count=4)

X = dataset.X  # NumPy array: (windows, seq_length, n_features), dtype=float32
Y = dataset.Y  # NumPy array aligned with X when targets are enabled
meta = dataset.meta  # List of WindowMeta objects with ticker provenance
print("total windows:", dataset.n_windows())

The manifest stores the configuration, aggregate statistics, and ticker-level metadata. A copy is written to <output_dir>/manifest.json during the build so you can reload tensors later without repeating the pipeline:

from pathlib import Path

manifest_path = Path(config.output_dir) / "manifest.json"
reloaded = rindle.get_dataset(manifest_path)

Inspecting manifests and scalers

Each ManifestContent instance exposes the fields captured during the build, including feature_columns, total_windows, and ticker_stats. The helper method find_stats("AAPL") returns the TickerStats record for a ticker, and build_ticker_index() can be called if you mutate ticker_stats manually.

To invert normalized values or apply identical scaling elsewhere:

scaler = rindle.get_feature_scaler(manifest, ticker="AAPL", feature="Close")
original_value = rindle.inverse_transform_value(scaler, value=0.42)

The returned FittedScaler exposes transform and inverse_transform methods as well as a params property that includes summary statistics (mean, standard deviation, quartiles, and min/max bounds).

Data layout

• Dataset.X and Dataset.Y are three-dimensional NumPy arrays backed by the underlying C++ tensors (float32). When row_major=False (the default), the layout is [window][time][feature] with contiguous storage, making it ideal for training recurrent and convolutional models.
• Dataset.meta is a list of WindowMeta objects describing where each window originated. Fields include ticker, start_row, end_row, and optional target_start / target_end indices.

API reference snapshot

Function	Description
rindle.create_config(...)	Validate paths, choose feature columns, configure window geometry and scaling. Returns a DatasetConfig.
rindle.build_dataset(config, thread_count=0)	Run discovery → scaling → windowing in parallel and return a ManifestContent.
rindle.get_dataset(manifest_or_path, percentage=1.0, thread_count=0)	Load feature/target tensors in parallel. Optional percentage (0.0 < p <= 1.0) loads a random subset of windows per ticker.
rindle.get_feature_scaler(manifest_or_path, ticker, feature)	Retrieve the fitted scaler for a ticker/feature pair to apply or invert scaling.
rindle.inverse_transform_value(scaler, value)	Convenience helper to undo scaling with a FittedScaler.

Additional classes such as DatasetConfig, ManifestContent, Dataset, and TickerStats expose their fields as Python attributes for straightforward inspection or serialization.

Project resources

• Source repository: https://github.com/EricGilerson/rindle
• Issue tracker: https://github.com/EricGilerson/rindle/issues

Although the core engine is implemented in C++, the Python package provides a self-contained workflow for assembling time-series datasets without leaving the Python ecosystem.