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brettcannon/README.md

Biographical Links

Open Source

Last updated 2025-03-04.

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

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  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
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Pinned Loading

  1. python/cpython Public

    The Python programming language

    Python 65.6k 31.2k

  2. pypa/packaging Public

    Core utilities for Python packages

    Python 642 257

  3. python-launcher Public

    Python launcher for Unix

    Rust 607 25

  4. gidgethub/gidgethub Public

    An async GitHub API library for Python

    Python 387 60

  5. desugar Public

    Unravelling Python source code

    Python 188 4

  6. microvenv Public

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

    Python 135 7