Show HN: Pobshell – A Bash‑like shell for live Python objects
github.comHi HN,
I've just launched Pobshell. Think cd, ls, cat, and find — but for Python objects instead of files.
Stroll around your code, runtime state, and data structures. Inspect everything: modules, classes, live objects. Plus recursive search and CLI integration.
What it's for:
- Exploratory debugging: Inspect live object state on the fly
- Understanding APIs: Examine code, docstrings, class trees
- Shell integration: Pipe object state or code snippets to LLMs or OS tools
- Code and data search: Recursive search for object state or source without file paths
- REPL & paused script: Explore runtime environments dynamically
- Teaching & demos: Make Python internals visible and walkable
Pobshell is pick‑up‑and‑play: familiar commands plus optional new tricks.
2 minute video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5QoSrc_E_A
Install: pip install pobshell
Github: https://github.com/pdalloz/pobshell
Pobshell is open source, and in alpha release.
Tested on MacOs, Linux and Windows (Python 3.12) Clickable links for convenience: * 2 min demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5QoSrc_E_A * PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/pobshell/ * GitHub: https://github.com/pdalloz/pobshell Note: This is an alpha release. Built and tested with Python 3.12 on MacOS, Ubuntu, Windows (native + WSL). I’m especially curious to hear how devs use this:
— Exploring packages?
— Debugging data state?
— Teaching Python?
— Something unexpected? Any feedback is appreciated!