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Show HN: A modular Python TUI framework with a fast and pretty markup language
PyTermGUI is a highly modular framework offering most of the features one would expect from a GUI library, such as a mature and open Widget API, animations, mouse support and other goodies, right inside the terminal!<p>The markup language is another great feature of the library, and is used by practically all elements of it. It is based on Rich's implementation, but uses a more concise and easier to humanly parse syntax, while being over 10 times faster at parsing due to a long list of optimizations.<p>There is a full Window Manager API included as well, allowing the user to move, resize and otherwise manipulate windows and inner contents using either their mouse of keyboard.<p>All of the "guts" of the library are also exposed and usable from the outside within the `ansi_interface` submodule.<p>Thank you for your time, and I hope the library may be of some use!
Show HN: A modular Python TUI framework with a fast and pretty markup language
PyTermGUI is a highly modular framework offering most of the features one would expect from a GUI library, such as a mature and open Widget API, animations, mouse support and other goodies, right inside the terminal!<p>The markup language is another great feature of the library, and is used by practically all elements of it. It is based on Rich's implementation, but uses a more concise and easier to humanly parse syntax, while being over 10 times faster at parsing due to a long list of optimizations.<p>There is a full Window Manager API included as well, allowing the user to move, resize and otherwise manipulate windows and inner contents using either their mouse of keyboard.<p>All of the "guts" of the library are also exposed and usable from the outside within the `ansi_interface` submodule.<p>Thank you for your time, and I hope the library may be of some use!
Show HN: Socket – Secure your JavaScript supply chain
Excited to share the project I've been working on for the past 7 months!<p>We've seen nearly weekly attacks against the open source software supply chain. I saw the seeds of this trend start in the mid 2015s as an open source maintainer and I've watched it only get worse over the years. I finally decided to try to solve this problem.<p>Socket is taking an entirely new approach to one of the hardest problems in security in a stagnant part of the industry that has historically been obsessed with just reporting on known vulnerabilities. Unlike other scanning tools, Socket actually analyzes the package code to characterize the package's behavior. This way, Socket can detect when packages use security-relevant platform capabilities, such as the network, filesystem, or shell.<p>You can search for any npm package and see issues that've we've flagged for each package. We look for 70 issues (full list here: <a href="https://socket.dev/npm/issue" rel="nofollow">https://socket.dev/npm/issue</a>) and we put those into a Package Health score. See these examples:<p><a href="https://socket.dev/npm/package/left-pad" rel="nofollow">https://socket.dev/npm/package/left-pad</a><p><a href="https://socket.dev/npm/package/lodash" rel="nofollow">https://socket.dev/npm/package/lodash</a><p>Socket looks for indicators present in all of the recent npm supply chain attacks. We're proactively auditing every package on npm to flag these issues.<p>Separately, we have a GitHub app that you can install. It detects typosquat attacks and leaves a comment on your pull request to let you know you might have installed the wrong package. We're currently working to enable it to leave comments for more of the package issues that we can detect, but we want to get the UX really good on that first, so we've released it and labeled it "beta".<p>Happy to answer questions.
Show HN: Socket – Secure your JavaScript supply chain
Excited to share the project I've been working on for the past 7 months!<p>We've seen nearly weekly attacks against the open source software supply chain. I saw the seeds of this trend start in the mid 2015s as an open source maintainer and I've watched it only get worse over the years. I finally decided to try to solve this problem.<p>Socket is taking an entirely new approach to one of the hardest problems in security in a stagnant part of the industry that has historically been obsessed with just reporting on known vulnerabilities. Unlike other scanning tools, Socket actually analyzes the package code to characterize the package's behavior. This way, Socket can detect when packages use security-relevant platform capabilities, such as the network, filesystem, or shell.<p>You can search for any npm package and see issues that've we've flagged for each package. We look for 70 issues (full list here: <a href="https://socket.dev/npm/issue" rel="nofollow">https://socket.dev/npm/issue</a>) and we put those into a Package Health score. See these examples:<p><a href="https://socket.dev/npm/package/left-pad" rel="nofollow">https://socket.dev/npm/package/left-pad</a><p><a href="https://socket.dev/npm/package/lodash" rel="nofollow">https://socket.dev/npm/package/lodash</a><p>Socket looks for indicators present in all of the recent npm supply chain attacks. We're proactively auditing every package on npm to flag these issues.<p>Separately, we have a GitHub app that you can install. It detects typosquat attacks and leaves a comment on your pull request to let you know you might have installed the wrong package. We're currently working to enable it to leave comments for more of the package issues that we can detect, but we want to get the UX really good on that first, so we've released it and labeled it "beta".<p>Happy to answer questions.
Show HN: REPL-Driven Development for JavaScript
Lisp-inspired interactive REPL editor tools for Javascript
Show HN: Container registry on a budget using AWS S3
Show HN: Container registry on a budget using AWS S3
Show HN: I Created a Chrome Extension for PG: TRAB (Tweet Reporter and Blocker)
A few days ago I saw this tweet from PG: <a href="https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1496549841912094733" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1496549841912094733</a>
...and guessed it shouldn't be too hard to make a chrome extension to do this (I had never made a chrome extension before)<p>So I took a stab at it - took me a bit over a day to make it, and it was fun to put together.<p>I responded to his tweet with the link to the extension but I'm not sure if he would've seen it.<p>edit: Looks like I missed the approval notification for the listing of this extension on the chrome store: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trab-tweet-reporter-and-b/bahkpblcfiffamfljnfjeablplgnjnkg?hl=en-US" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trab-tweet-reporte...</a>
Show HN: I Created a Chrome Extension for PG: TRAB (Tweet Reporter and Blocker)
A few days ago I saw this tweet from PG: <a href="https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1496549841912094733" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1496549841912094733</a>
...and guessed it shouldn't be too hard to make a chrome extension to do this (I had never made a chrome extension before)<p>So I took a stab at it - took me a bit over a day to make it, and it was fun to put together.<p>I responded to his tweet with the link to the extension but I'm not sure if he would've seen it.<p>edit: Looks like I missed the approval notification for the listing of this extension on the chrome store: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trab-tweet-reporter-and-b/bahkpblcfiffamfljnfjeablplgnjnkg?hl=en-US" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trab-tweet-reporte...</a>
Show HN: Check if your website violates GDPR
Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember.<p>Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting.<p>So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph.<p>We also felt like it was important for Booqsi to be independent of Amazon; we care about supporting local bookstores, so every book in Booqsi links you to Bookshop.org to purchase that book (not Amazon).<p>Here are some of my favorite features launched as part of beta:<p>- A book-focused social feed (finally!)<p>- Beautifully-rendered custom bookshelves to show off to your friends<p>- Streamlined book recommendations to friends<p>- Easily track reading goals and books you've read<p>And many more...<p>It's completely free and easy to use, and we would love your feedback as you explore the platform.
Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember.<p>Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting.<p>So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph.<p>We also felt like it was important for Booqsi to be independent of Amazon; we care about supporting local bookstores, so every book in Booqsi links you to Bookshop.org to purchase that book (not Amazon).<p>Here are some of my favorite features launched as part of beta:<p>- A book-focused social feed (finally!)<p>- Beautifully-rendered custom bookshelves to show off to your friends<p>- Streamlined book recommendations to friends<p>- Easily track reading goals and books you've read<p>And many more...<p>It's completely free and easy to use, and we would love your feedback as you explore the platform.
Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember.<p>Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting.<p>So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph.<p>We also felt like it was important for Booqsi to be independent of Amazon; we care about supporting local bookstores, so every book in Booqsi links you to Bookshop.org to purchase that book (not Amazon).<p>Here are some of my favorite features launched as part of beta:<p>- A book-focused social feed (finally!)<p>- Beautifully-rendered custom bookshelves to show off to your friends<p>- Streamlined book recommendations to friends<p>- Easily track reading goals and books you've read<p>And many more...<p>It's completely free and easy to use, and we would love your feedback as you explore the platform.
Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember.<p>Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting.<p>So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph.<p>We also felt like it was important for Booqsi to be independent of Amazon; we care about supporting local bookstores, so every book in Booqsi links you to Bookshop.org to purchase that book (not Amazon).<p>Here are some of my favorite features launched as part of beta:<p>- A book-focused social feed (finally!)<p>- Beautifully-rendered custom bookshelves to show off to your friends<p>- Streamlined book recommendations to friends<p>- Easily track reading goals and books you've read<p>And many more...<p>It's completely free and easy to use, and we would love your feedback as you explore the platform.
Show HN: Switch windows of same app with hotkey (alt + `)
Show HN: Switch windows of same app with hotkey (alt + `)
Show HN: TopHat Finance – free, open, and offline
Show HN: TopHat Finance – free, open, and offline
Show HN: Messages for Macintosh – a classic Mac iMessage client
Show HN: Messages for Macintosh – a classic Mac iMessage client