# realpython/python-scripts

because i'm tired of gists

Repository: https://github.com/realpython/python-scripts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/python-scripts
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-04-14T10:00:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4528, "days_push": 1237, "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 2159, forks 703 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:20.738408+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of small, standalone Python scripts covering tasks like web crawling, file manipulation, JSON/CSV conversion, Git helpers, and API examples. It serves as a practical learning resource and a grab-bag of utility scripts maintained by Real Python.

## Use cases
- find example python scripts for web scraping
- convert  to yaml with a script
- split a csv file into multiple files
- clone all repos from a github user or org
- learn python by reading small scripts
- script to remove pyc files from a git repo
- scrape stock prices or email addresses from websites

## When to choose
- you want small, readable example scripts to learn from or adapt
- you need a quick one-off utility like csv splitting or  conversion
- you are teaching or demonstrating common Python automation tasks

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, installable tool or library with a stable API
- you need production-grade, tested software for critical workflows
- you expect a unified CLI or package rather than independent scripts

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, web-scraping, cli, data-science, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, crawlers
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: python-scripts, script-collection, gist-replacement, example-scripts, real-python, automation, command-line

## Member repositories
- realpython/python-scripts (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:20.738408+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 2026-08-30T02:50:20.950552+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/realpython/python-scripts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:20.738408+00:00, sha cf974f9d0b41)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.