# sloria/doitlive

Because sometimes you need to do it live

Repository: https://github.com/sloria/doitlive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/doitlive
Homepage: https://doitlive.readthedocs.io/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: command-line, presentations, python, live-coding, cli, click, bash, zsh, ipython, script, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-11T00:27:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4461, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3580, forks 99 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:10.934135+00:00)

## What it is
doitlive is a Python CLI tool for live terminal presentations. It reads a file of shell commands and replays them in a fake terminal session as you type random characters, simulating live coding.

## Use cases
- fake live coding during conference talks
- replay shell commands in a demo as if typing them live
- record a scripted terminal session for a presentation
- make a terminal demo look effortless
- rehearse command-line tutorials
- create hacker-typer style terminal effects

## When to choose
- you give talks involving terminal demos and want reliable, scripted typing
- you want a lightweight pip/homebrew-installable presentation tool
- you want to avoid typos and mistakes during live shell demos

## When to avoid
- you need actual interactive execution with real output branching
- you need screen recording or video capture of terminal sessions
- you need GUI-based presentation tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, windows, cross-platform, python
- tags: live-coding, terminal-presentations, fake-terminal, shell-replay, demo-tool, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- sloria/doitlive (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.934135+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:33:59.792731+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sloria/doitlive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.934135+00:00, sha e58bfc698a41)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/doitlive/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:59.211176+00:00, sha d16c9539c402)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.