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Your new CLI tool helping you learn and fix errors in Python fast!

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tldr: Your new CLI tool for Python

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What is tldr?

tldr is a lightweight command-line tool that helps you quickly understand Python error messages and suggests actionable fixes so you can debug faster and code smarter. It is built to accommodate all experience levels, helping beginners gain a clearer understanding of Python errors while enabling more advanced users to save time during the debugging process. It natively handles errors and provides solutions (and edits files if needed) for most basic cases, though it has AI support if needed. All local, no API keys needed!


Features

  • Looks through your Python tracebacks and explains errors in plain English
  • Experimental --autofix option attempts to automatically fix errors
  • Simple CLI interface: run tldr <filename>.py to get instant feedback
  • Tons of internal flags for ease of use
  • Native error handling, but has AI-powered fallback
  • Minimal dependencies for easy installation and usage

Initial Installation

Install tldr directly in your terminal:

pip install tldrcli

That's it! tldr is ready to use!

Using tldr

Using tldr is as simple as running your Python file, but without typing python first. Instead of:

python <filename>.py

You just type:

tldr <filename>.py

If your script runs without errors, tldr will quietly exit (no unnecessary noise). However, if something does go wrong, tldr will instantly catch the error, explain it in plain English, and even suggest possible fixes right away. The table below shows some of the things tldr can do:

tldr <filename>.py               # Run code and explain error
tldr --help | -h                 # Show quick docs 
tldr --version | -v              # Show current version
tldr --reset | -r                # Reset and clear all data 
tldr <filename>.py --autofix     # Experimental auto-fix mode (use with caution)
tldr --ol | -o                   # Setup instructions for complex --autofix
tldr --oc | -c                   # Verify setup
tldr --stats | -s                # View usage statistics and error history

After installing tldr, you can run tldr --help to see the full extent of what it can do. Like this, tldr is already a great tool for Python beginners to learn and understand. However, there are always some errors that it cannot predict. To ensure that tldr can help you regardless of the situation, set up the local AI model by following the steps in tldr --ol . Once that is done, running tldr --oc will verify if the setup was done correctly. Below are the same steps you will find in your terminal if you choose to install it later:

  • In your terminal, run pip install ollama
  • Visit https://ollama.com/ and download the installer
  • Run the installer and follow the setup instructions
  • Once installed, open a terminal and run ollama run llama3:8b

Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to open issues to report bugs, request features, submit pull requests to improve the codebase, or more!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contact

Devanshu Pandya, pandyadevh@gmail.com

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