mahmoud/boltons
🔩 Like builtins, but boltons. 250+ constructs, recipes, and snippets which extend (and rely on nothing but) the Python standard library. Nothing like Michael Bolton. observed · 2026-10-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
92/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 82
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 73.0
- age_days: 4990
- days_rel: 43
- days_push: 27
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
6940 stars · 481 forks observed · 2026-10-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Boltons is a set of 250+ pure-Python utility constructs, recipes, and snippets that extend the Python standard library with no external dependencies. It includes modules for atomic file saving, ordered multidicts, priority queues, chunked/windowed iteration, recursive data structure manipulation, and traceback handling.
Use cases
- atomically save files without corruption
- chunk or window iterable data
- recursively transform nested dicts and lists
- use an ordered multidict in Python
- get detailed traceback info programmatically
- implement exponential backoff with jitter
- use a priority queue without extra dependencies
When to choose
- you want stdlib-only utilities with zero dependencies
- you need well-tested data structure and iteration helpers
- you want atomic file writes in pure Python
When to avoid
- you need heavy NumPy/pandas-style data processing
- you prefer a batteries-included framework over small utilities
- you need async-first or type-annotated modern APIs
Facets
library · maturity stable
developer-tools caching file-system concurrency error-handling data-science developer-tools data-science python cross-platform standard-library-extensions utilities pure-python data-structures iterutils atomic-file-save algorithms
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mahmoud/boltons · fetched 2026-10-21 · 2923409119f6
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/boltons/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4a4c63e528c4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mahmoud/boltons | main | 92 |
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