Provides a simple way to start an interactive Python debugger with a single statement, by importing `debug` (it also sets up syntax highlighting, tab completion, and a readable `dir()` alternative). Useful for quickly switching from `print` style debugging to an interactive debugging console without needing to learn `pdb` commands.
Project status
- Maintenance status: Not actively maintained as of today (2026-06-09). The upstream last push was 2016-11-01, and the most recent recorded package update was v0.3.2 (2016-10-12), with a ~9.5 year gap since then.
- Update cadence: Early updates came in bursts (2011 to 2013, then 2015, then 2016), but there is no evidence of ongoing updates after 2016, indicating the project is effectively idle.
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Recent updates
v0.3.2
Release v0.3.2 has no publisher-provided release notes in the provided data. The code diff shows a small import-behavior fix around how the package monkeypatches Python's builtin __import__.
v0.3.1
Release v0.3.1 bumps the package version to 0.3.1. The only functional change in the diff is adjusting the minimum required version of the ipdb dependency in setup.py.
v0.3.0
Release v0.3.0 was published on 2015-03-28, but the publisher did not include any release notes or description of changes. Because no notes are provided, it is not possible to identify new features, breaking changes, bug fixes, or security/performance updates from the release text alone.
v0.2.1
v0.2.1 updates the package metadata and history. The only functional change in the diff is relaxing the ipdb dependency constraint to allow newer ipdb versions.
Featuresv0.2.0
No release notes were provided for v0.2.0 in the supplied release_notes data. The code changes in this version significantly alter how the debugger is started, including swapping the underlying debugger integration and adding behavior to support repeated imports.
v0.1.0
Release v0.1.0 was published on 2011-05-08, but no release notes were provided. Because the publisher supplied no details about changes, this release cannot be assessed for API compatibility, bug fixes, or migration requirements based on release documentation alone.