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brettcannon/README.md

Biographical Links

Open Source

Last updated 2025-01-24.

Contributions

Over the past 21 years, I have made some commit to 278 projects (some of which are my own).

(Grouped by commit count.)

β‰₯ 103
  1. python/cpython
β‰₯ 102
  1. python/peps
  2. microsoft/vscode-python
  3. brettcannon/python-launcher
  4. microsoft/vscode-jupyter
  5. brettcannon/caniusepython3
  6. python/devguide
  7. microsoft/Pyjion
  8. gidgethub/gidgethub
  9. brettcannon/oplop
  10. brettcannon/desugar
  11. brettcannon/dotconfig
  12. python/the-knights-who-say-ni
  13. brettcannon/free-labour
  14. brettcannon/travelbrag
  15. pypa/packaging
  16. brettcannon/dotfiles
  17. Which-Film/which-film.info
β‰₯ 101
  1. microsoft/pvscbot
  2. brettcannon/mousebender
  3. python/importlib_resources
  4. PyCQA/modernize
  5. brettcannon/release-often
  6. python/bedevere
  7. python/devinabox
  8. brettcannon/WWBD
  9. brettcannon/trips-history
  10. brettcannon/pep425
  11. brettcannon/microvenv
  12. brettcannon/check-for-changed-files
  13. brettcannon/py-pip
  14. brettcannon/python-azure-web-app-cookiecutter
  15. brettcannon/stdlib-stats
  16. brettcannon/cpython-wasi-build
  17. brettcannon/mnfy
  18. microsoft/vscode-docs-archive
  19. dabeaz/curio
  20. brettcannon/sans-io
  21. microsoft/vscode-docs
  22. brettcannon/modutil
  23. pypa/packaging.python.org
  24. brettcannon/time-clock
  25. brettcannon/riscv-harmony
  26. brettcannon/flatten_filenames
  27. elixir-lang/elixir-lang.github.com
  28. brettcannon/find-duplicate-files
  29. brettcannon/basicenum
  30. uranusjr/packaging-metadata-comparisons
  31. angular/angular.js
  32. pypa/setuptools
  33. python-trio/trio
  34. microsoft/vscode-dev-containers
  35. dusty-phillips/rescript-zora
  36. python/core-workflow
  37. Azure-Samples/Azure-MachineLearning-DataScience
  38. microsoft/vscode-python-devicesimulator
  39. brettcannon/record-type
  40. brettcannon/pip-secure-install
  41. Azure/msrest-for-python
  42. emmatyping/python-wasm
  43. microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook
  44. python-hyper/uritemplate
  45. Azure/msrestazure-for-python
  46. pypa/distutils
  47. brettcannon/defy-layout-scorer
  48. orsenthil/cpython-hg-to-git
  49. python/buildmaster-config
  50. python-hglib
β‰₯ 100
  1. benjaminp/six
  2. python3statement/python3statement.github.io
  3. brettcannon/choose-a-font.dev
  4. JuliaLang/julia
  5. brettcannon/importlib
  6. python/steering-council
  7. dusty-phillips/match-variant
  8. rescript-lang/rescript-lang.org
  9. microsoft/vscode-anaconda-extension-pack
  10. python/blurb
  11. eclipse-archived/ceylon-lang.org
  12. microsoft/vscode-telemetry-extractor
  13. brettcannon/nowhere-on-the-web
  14. brettcannon/porting-to-python-3-notebook
  15. beeware/toga
  16. Azure/azure-sdk-for-python
  17. python/cherry-picker
  18. lustre-labs/lustre
  19. python/planet
  20. python/typeshed
  21. microsoft/vscode
  22. micktwomey/pyiso8601
  23. rust-lang/rust
  24. github/gitignore
  25. openlawlibrary/pygls
  26. Homebrew/legacy-homebrew
  27. Homebrew/homebrew-core
  28. brettcannon/vscode-zephyr-asdl
  29. pypa/pipenv
  30. aosabook/500lines
  31. WebAssembly/design
  32. cookiecutter/cookiecutter
  33. square/dagger
  34. jazzband/pip-tools
  35. microsoft/vscode-wiki
  36. brettcannon/cpython-wasi-buildbot
  37. vstinner/misc
  38. Mariatta/github-bot-tutorial
  39. badges/shields
  40. inko-lang/inko
  41. python/psf-salt
  42. dotnet/docs
  43. micropython/micropython
  44. thechangelog/show-notes
  45. MPOS/php-mpos
  46. python-hyper/h2
  47. beeware/liquid-demo
  48. riverscuomo/apps
  49. microsoft/vscode-isort
  50. WebAssembly/wasi-sdk
  51. aio-libs/aiohttp
  52. larryhastings/appeal
  53. bloodyowl/rescript-test
  54. kushaldas/pep582
  55. MeeseeksBox/meeseeksbox.github.io
  56. bytecodealliance/wasmtime
  57. gleam-lang/language-tour
  58. python/pyperformance
  59. ponylang/pony-tutorial
  60. vibora-io/vibora
  61. python/python-docs-theme
  62. moby/mobywebsite
  63. MicrosoftDocs/visualstudio-docs
  64. dabeaz/ply
  65. progit/progit2
  66. python/pythonineducation.org
  67. buildout/buildout
  68. matplotlib/matplotlib
  69. kushaldas/pym
  70. microsoft/sql-server-samples
  71. pyscript/pyscript
  72. rustwasm/book
  73. sarugaku/resolvelib
  74. microsoft/TypeScript-wiki
  75. microsoft/language-server-protocol
  76. pypa/flit
  77. microsoft/vscode-docker
  78. microsoftarchive/msgraph-sdk-python
  79. conda/conda
  80. astral-sh/ruff
  81. python/typing
  82. conda/ceps
  83. asyncio-docs/asyncio-doc
  84. python/core-sprint
  85. jaraco/skeleton
  86. Django
  87. rocketreach/rocketreach_python
  88. PyCQA/pyflakes
  89. MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs
  90. WebAssembly/component-model
  91. pypa/build
  92. gleam-lang/otp
  93. score-spec/spec
  94. pypa/trove-classifiers
  95. MagicStack/MagicPython
  96. gleam-lang/gleam
  97. jupyter/jupyter.github.io
  98. psf/fundable-packaging-improvements
  99. facebook/pyre-check
  100. brettcannon/character-frequency
  101. pytest-dev/pytest
  102. oauthlib/oauthlib
  103. devcontainers/features
  104. ericpalakovichcarr/pytest-pythonpath
  105. riscv-software-src/riscv-tests
  106. diogonfs/pyinit
  107. devcontainers/images
  108. microsoft/PTVS
  109. google/grumpy
  110. stellar-deprecated/docs
  111. bitbldr/sprocket_docs
  112. pycascades/welcome-wagon-2018
  113. conda/conda-docs
  114. astral-sh/uv
  115. scikit-learn/scikit-learn
  116. GraphQLGuide/book
  117. sphinx-doc/sphinx
  118. aurelia/documentation
  119. jupyter/notebook
  120. lorenzofox3/zora
  121. okken/pytest-srcpaths
  122. stellar/awesome-stellar
  123. spotify/pedalboard
  124. microsoft/debugpy
  125. briandealwis/ferret
  126. microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-docs-contrib
  127. lustre-labs/ui
  128. actions-rs/install
  129. gleam-lang/website
  130. hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package
  131. rust-lang/log
  132. pdm-project/pdm
  133. cometkim/rescript-vitest
  134. golang/go
  135. livebook-dev/livebook
  136. wntrblm/nox
  137. w3c/ServiceWorker
  138. extism/extism
  139. pyca/pyopenssl
  140. jupyterlab/jupyterlab
  141. microsoft/vscode-extension-samples
  142. ebkalderon/tower-lsp
  143. gitkraken/vscode-gitlens
  144. nayafia/nayafia
  145. stellar/new-docs
  146. bagder/http2-explained
  147. microsoft/vscode-tools-for-ai
  148. Fyrd/caniuse
  149. rust-lang/rustfmt
  150. luabud/hello-vscodespaces
  151. Azure/azure-functions-python-library
  152. psf/webassembly
  153. microsoft/vscode-pylint
  154. casey/just
  155. python/pythontestdotnet
  156. saschpe/mozilla-plugins
  157. syl20bnr/spacemacs
  158. realpython/python-guide
  159. getsentry/responses
  160. vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext
  161. zwaldowski/match-label-action
  162. cardoe/stderrlog-rs
  163. microsoft/az-partner-center-cli
  164. kushaldas/asaman
  165. absurdia/absurdia-py
  166. twisted/klein
  167. pypa/setuptools-scm
  168. dusty-phillips/macabre
  169. Azure/azure-cli
  170. markshannon/faster-cpython
  171. vega/ipyvega
  172. bungcip/better-toml
  173. pypa/pipx
  174. regebro/supporting-python-3
  175. jupyter-book/mystmd.org
  176. Azure/azure-cosmos-python
  177. Lukasa/language-restructuredtext
  178. clearlydefined/website
  179. mozilla-services/konfig
  180. pablogsal/cpython_leaderboard
  181. mesonbuild/meson
  182. pypi/warehouse
  183. riverscuomo/new-albums
  184. Enderchief/gleam-tools
  185. psf/black
  186. VSCodeVim/Vim
  187. microsoft/python-sample-vscode-django-tutorial
  188. Devid-Ba/Text-adventure
  189. pyvideo/data
  190. pyvideo/old-pyvideo
  191. python/mypy
  192. conda/conda-build
  193. python-poetry/tomlkit
  194. topazproject/topaz
  195. python/importlib_metadata
  196. victor-o-silva/python-links-from-link-header
  197. microsoftgraph/python-sample-pagination
  198. ansible/ansible
  199. palantir/python-language-server
  200. adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_CircuitPlayground
  201. chhantyal/py3readiness
  202. 11ty/11ty-website
  203. Homebrew/brew
  204. starship/starship
  205. google/yapf
  206. PyPy
  207. defusedexpat
  208. expat
  209. Mercurial
  210. vim

Python

Python Enhancement Proposals

I have (co-)authored 32 PEPs (5th most prolific).

(Listed from oldest to newest, although I may have become a co-author post-creation.)

# Title Status Co-authors
4 Deprecation of Standard Modules πŸƒ Martin von LΓΆwis
2 Procedure for Adding New Modules πŸƒ Martijn Faassen
11 CPython platform support πŸƒ Martin von LΓΆwis
12 Sample reStructuredText PEP Template πŸƒ David Goodger, Barry Warsaw
3100 Miscellaneous Python 3.0 Plans βœ…
339 Design of the CPython Compiler 🀦
348 Exception Reorganization for Python 3.0 ❌
352 Required Superclass for Exceptions βœ… Guido van Rossum
360 Externally Maintained Packages βœ…
362 Function Signature Object βœ… Jiwon Seo, Yury Selivanov, Larry Hastings
3108 Standard Library Reorganization βœ…
3113 Removal of Tuple Parameter Unpacking βœ…
3122 Delineation of the main module ❌
374 Choosing a distributed VCS for the Python project βœ… Stephen J. Turnbull, Alexandre Vassalotti, Barry Warsaw, Dirkjan Ochtman
401 BDFL Retirement ❌ Barry Warsaw
3003 Python Language Moratorium βœ… Jesse Noller, Guido van Rossum
399 Pure Python/C Accelerator Module Compatibility Requirements βœ…
512 Migrating from hg.python.org to GitHub βœ…
488 Elimination of PYO files βœ…
518 Specifying Minimum Build System Requirements for Python Projects βœ… Nathaniel J. Smith, Donald Stufft
519 Adding a file system path protocol βœ… Koos Zevenhoven
523 Adding a frame evaluation API to CPython βœ… Dino Viehland
8001 Python Governance Voting Process βœ… Christian Heimes, Donald Stufft, Eric Snow, Gregory P. Smith, Łukasz Langa, Mariatta, Nathaniel J. Smith, Pablo Galindo Salgado, Raymond Hettinger, Tal Einat, Tim Peters, Zachary Ware
594 Removing dead batteries from the standard library βœ… Christian Heimes
621 Storing project metadata in pyproject.toml βœ… Dustin Ingram, Paul Ganssle, Pradyun Gedam, SΓ©bastien Eustace, Thomas Kluyver, Tzu-ping Chung
650 Specifying Installer Requirements for Python Projects 🀦 Vikram Jayanthi, Dustin Ingram
641 Using an underscore in the version portion of Python 3.10 compatibility tags ❌ Steve Dower, Barry Warsaw
665 A file format to list Python dependencies for reproducibility of an application ❌ Pradyun Gedam, Tzu-ping Chung
685 Comparison of extra names for optional distribution dependencies πŸ‘
751 A file format to record Python dependencies for installation reproducibility ✍
758 Allow ``except`` and ``except*`` expressions without parentheses ✍ Pablo Galindo
760 No More Bare Excepts 🀦 Pablo Galindo

Planets My Code has Visited

2/8
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune

Pinned Loading

  1. python/cpython python/cpython Public

    The Python programming language

    Python 64.9k 30.9k

  2. pypa/packaging pypa/packaging Public

    Core utilities for Python packages

    Python 634 253

  3. python-launcher python-launcher Public

    Python launcher for Unix

    Rust 604 25

  4. gidgethub/gidgethub gidgethub/gidgethub Public

    An async GitHub API library for Python

    Python 386 60

  5. desugar desugar Public

    Unravelling Python source code

    Python 174 4

  6. microvenv microvenv Public

    A minimal re-implementation of Python's `venv` module

    Python 135 6