scalene VS black

Compare scalene vs black and see what are their differences.

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11,191 37,456
1.6% 0.7%
9.2 9.4
7 days ago 3 days ago
Python Python
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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scalene

Posts with mentions or reviews of scalene. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-10.
  • Memray – A Memory Profiler for Python
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Feb 2024
    I collected a list of profilers (also memory profilers, also specifically for Python) here: https://github.com/albertz/wiki/blob/master/profiling.md

    Currently I actually need a Python memory profiler, because I want to figure out whether there is some memory leak in my application (PyTorch based training script), and where exactly (in this case, it's not a problem of GPU memory, but CPU memory).

    I tried Scalene (https://github.com/plasma-umass/scalene), which seems to be powerful, but somehow the output it gives me is not useful at all? It doesn't really give me a flamegraph, or a list of the top lines with memory allocations, but instead it gives me a listing of all source code lines, and prints some (very sparse) information on each line. So I need to search through that listing now by hand to find the spots? Maybe I just don't know how to use it properly.

    I tried Memray, but first ran into an issue (https://github.com/bloomberg/memray/issues/212), but after using some workaround, it worked now. I get a flamegraph out, but it doesn't really seem accurate? After a while, there don't seem to be any new memory allocations at all anymore, and I don't quite trust that this is correct.

    There is also Austin (https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin), which I also wanted to try (have not yet).

    Somehow this experience so far was very disappointing.

    (Side node, I debugged some very strange memory allocation behavior of Python before, where all local variables were kept around after an exception, even though I made sure there is no reference anymore to the exception object, to the traceback, etc, and I even called frame.clear() for all frames to really clear it. It turns out, frame.f_locals will create another copy of all the local variables, and the exception object and all the locals in the other frame still stay alive until you access frame.f_locals again. At that point, it will sync the f_locals again with the real (fast) locals, and then it can finally free everything. It was quite annoying to find the source of this problem and to find workarounds for it. https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/113939)

  • Scalene: A high-performance CPU GPU and memory profiler for Python
    1 project | /r/hypeurls | 18 Jun 2023
  • Scalene: A high-performance, CPU, GPU, and memory profiler for Python
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jun 2023
  • How can I find out why my python is so slow?
    2 projects | /r/Python | 30 May 2023
    Use this my fren: https://github.com/plasma-umass/scalene
  • Making Python 100x faster with less than 100 lines of Rust
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Mar 2023
    You should take a look at Scalene - it's even better.

    https://github.com/plasma-umass/scalene

  • Blog Post: Making Python 100x faster with less than 100 lines of Rust
    4 projects | /r/rust | 29 Mar 2023
    I like seeing another Python profiler. The one I've been playing with is Scalene (GitHub). It does some fun things related to letting you see how much things are moving across the system Python memory boundary.
  • Cum as putea sa imbunatatesc timpul de rulare al pitonului?
    1 project | /r/programare | 14 Mar 2023
    Ai vazut "Python Performance Matters" by Emery Berger (Strange Loop 2022)? E in principiu o prezentare si demo cu Scalene.
  • Scalene - A Python CPU/GPU/memory profiler with optimization proposals
    1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 19 Feb 2023
  • Scalene: A Python CPU/GPU/memory profiler with optimization proposals
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Feb 2023
  • OpenAI might be training its AI technology to replace some software engineers, report says
    4 projects | /r/programming | 28 Jan 2023
    I tried out some features of machine learning models suggesting optimisations on code profiled by scalene and pretty much all of them would make the code less efficient, both time and memory wise. I am not worried. The devil is in the details and ML will not replace all of us anytime soon

black

Posts with mentions or reviews of black. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-29.
  • How to setup Black and pre-commit in python for auto text-formatting on commit
    3 projects | dev.to | 29 Mar 2024
    $ git commit -m "add pre-commit configuration" [INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/psf/black. [INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/psf/black. [INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused. [INFO] This may take a few minutes... black................................................(no files to check)Skipped [main 6e21eab] add pre-commit configuration 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
  • Enhance Your Project Quality with These Top Python Libraries
    16 projects | dev.to | 18 Mar 2024
    Black: Known as “The Uncompromising Code Formatter”, Black automatically formats your Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide. It takes away the hassle of having to manually adjust your code style.
  • Uv: Python Packaging in Rust
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Feb 2024
    black @ git+https://github.com/psf/black
  • Let's meet Black: Python Code Formatting
    2 projects | dev.to | 7 Feb 2024
    In the realm of Python development, there is a multitude of code formatters that adhere to PEP 8 guidelines. Today, we will briefly discuss how to install and utilize black.
  • Show HN: Visualize the Entropy of a Codebase with a 3D Force-Directed Graph
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Jan 2024
    Perfect, that worked, thank you!

    I thought this could be solved by changing the directory to src/ and then executing that command, but this didn't work.

    This also seems to be an issue with the web app, e.g. the repository for the formatter black is only one white dot https://dep-tree-explorer.vercel.app/api?repo=https://github...

  • Introducing Flask-Muck: How To Build a Comprehensive Flask REST API in 5 Minutes
    3 projects | dev.to | 20 Dec 2023
  • Embracing Modern Python for Web Development
    12 projects | dev.to | 8 Dec 2023
    Ruff is not only much faster, but it is also very convenient to have an all-in-one solution that replaces multiple other widely used tools: Flake8 (linter), isort (imports sorting), Black (code formatter), autoflake, many Flake8 plugins and more. And it has drop-in parity with these tools, so it is really straightforward to migrate from them to Ruff.
  • Auto-formater for Android (Kotlin)
    1 project | /r/androiddev | 5 Dec 2023
    What I am looking for is something like Black for Python, which is opinionated, with reasonable defaults, and auto-fixes most/all issues.
  • Releasing my Python Project
    4 projects | dev.to | 26 Nov 2023
    1. LICENSE: This file contains information about the rights and permissions granted to users regarding the use, modification, distribution, and sharing of the software. I already had an MIT License in my project. 2. pyproject.toml: It is a configuration file typically used for specifying build requirements and backend build systems for Python projects. I was already using this file for Black code formatter configuration. 3. README.md: Used as a documentation file for your project, typically includes project overview, installation instructions and optionally, contribution instructions. 4. example_package_YOUR_USERNAME_HERE: One big change I had to face was restructuring my project, essentially packaging all files in this directory. The name of this directory should be what you want to name your package and shoud not conflict with any of the existing packages. Of course, since its a Python Package, it needs to have an __init__.py. 5. tests/: This is where you put all your unit and integration tests, I think its optional as not all projects will have tests. The rest of the project remains as is.
  • Lute v3 - installed software for learning foreign languages through reading
    2 projects | /r/flask | 15 Nov 2023
    using pylint and black ("the uncompromising code formatter")

What are some alternatives?

When comparing scalene and black you can also consider the following projects:

flask-profiler - a flask profiler which watches endpoint calls and tries to make some analysis.

autopep8 - A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide.

palanteer - Visual Python and C++ nanosecond profiler, logger, tests enabler

prettier - Prettier is an opinionated code formatter.

pytest-austin - Python Performance Testing with Austin

yapf - A formatter for Python files

memray - Memray is a memory profiler for Python

Pylint - It's not just a linter that annoys you!

pyshader - Write modern GPU shaders in Python!

ruff - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.

viztracer - VizTracer is a low-overhead logging/debugging/profiling tool that can trace and visualize your python code execution.

isort - A Python utility / library to sort imports.