# shobrook/rebound

Instant Stack Overflow results whenever an exception is thrown

Repository: https://github.com/shobrook/rebound
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shobrook-rebound
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: stackoverflow, command-line-tool, python, terminal-app, command-line-interface, error-messages
Last push: 2022-02-16T15:15:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3108, "days_push": 1659, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4114, forks 382 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:35.804764+00:00)

## What it is
Rebound is a command-line tool that runs your file and, when an exception is thrown, instantly fetches related Stack Overflow questions and answers in the terminal. It supports Python, Node.js, Ruby, Go, and Java files and is built with Urwid and Beautiful Soup.

## Use cases
- find stack overflow answers for exceptions without leaving the terminal
- debug errors by searching stack overflow automatically
- browse stack overflow results when a program crashes
- look up error messages from the command line
- get instant help for compiler and runtime errors

## When to choose
- you want stack overflow answers surfaced immediately when an exception occurs
- you prefer staying in the terminal while debugging
- you work in Python, Node.js, Ruby, Go, or Java

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI or browser-based debugging experience
- you need support for languages beyond the five supported ones
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, error-handling, web-scraping, search-engine, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, python, windows, cross-platform
- tags: stack-overflow, debugging, error-messages, urwid, beautiful-soup, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- shobrook/rebound (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.804764+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 2026-08-29T18:23:10.686315+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/shobrook/rebound (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.804764+00:00, sha 90cb16342ba4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.