# zestyping/q

Quick and dirty debugging output for tired programmers. ⛺

Repository: https://github.com/zestyping/q
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zestyping-q
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-12-18T23:10:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4916, "days_push": 989, "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 1304, forks 65 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.491849+00:00)

## What it is
A Python library for quick-and-dirty debugging output that writes values, traces, and interactive console access to /tmp/q with minimal code changes. It supports inline expression debugging via q(), q/, and q| operators, function tracing with @q, and an interactive console via q.d().

## Use cases
- print variable values while debugging python code
- debug expressions in the middle of a line without temp variables
- trace function arguments and return values
- drop into an interactive console from code
- watch debug output with tail -f

## When to avoid
- you need structured or production-grade logging
- you need a step debugger with breakpoints
- your project requires actively maintained dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: logging, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: debugging, print-debugging, quick-debugging, trace, python-library, python

## Member repositories
- zestyping/q (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.491849+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 2026-08-30T04:51:09.616399+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zestyping/q (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.491849+00:00, sha c307f6cf98ac)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/q/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:09:11.144385+00:00, sha 746acc0cf171)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.