# fast_rich Project Summary
> Complete history of the fast_rich project from inception to v0.3.0
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## Project Overview
**fast_rich** is a drop-in replacement for Python Rich with Rust performance.
| Version | 0.3.0 |
| Python Modules | 60 |
| Rich API Coverage | 100% |
| Tests Passing | 28/28 |
| Average Speedup | 39.1x |
| Max Speedup | 112.5x |
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## Phase 1-31: Rust Core Implementation
**Goal**: Build high-performance Rust library for terminal rendering
### Completed Components
- [x] Console - Core I/O with ANSI support
- [x] Style/Color - RGB, ANSI, 256 colors
- [x] Text/Span - Rich text layout
- [x] Markup - `[bold]...[/]` parsing
- [x] Table - Unicode borders, alignment
- [x] Panel - Boxed content
- [x] Rule - Horizontal rules
- [x] Progress - Multi-bar + Spinner
- [x] Tree - Hierarchical structures
- [x] Markdown - `.md` parsing
- [x] Syntax - Code highlighting
- [x] Traceback - Error formatting
- [x] Columns - Grid layout
- [x] Logging - Logger handler
- [x] Filesize - Human-readable sizes
- [x] Inspect - Object inspection
- [x] Prompt - User input
- [x] Layout - Terminal splitting
- [x] Live - Real-time updates
- [x] Export (text/html/svg)
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## Phase 32: Core API Wrappers
**Goal**: Create `fast_rich/` Python package with Rich-compatible API
### Files Created
- `fast_rich/__init__.py` - Top-level exports
- `fast_rich/console.py` - Console class (full signature)
- `fast_rich/table.py` - Table class
- `fast_rich/text.py` - Text class
- `fast_rich/style.py` - Style class
- `fast_rich/panel.py` - Panel class
- `fast_rich/rule.py` - Rule class
- `fast_rich/box.py` - Box styles (ROUNDED, SIMPLE, etc.)
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## Phase 33: Extended Components
**Goal**: Implement remaining Rich components
### Files Created
- `fast_rich/progress.py` - Progress, track()
- `fast_rich/tree.py` - Tree class
- `fast_rich/markdown.py` - Markdown class
- `fast_rich/syntax.py` - Syntax class
- `fast_rich/columns.py` - Columns class
- `fast_rich/traceback.py` - Traceback, install()
- `fast_rich/layout.py` - Layout class
- `fast_rich/live.py` - Live context manager
- `fast_rich/prompt.py` - Prompt, Confirm
- `fast_rich/inspect.py` - inspect()
- `fast_rich/_print.py` - Global print function
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## Phase 34: Parity Tests & Benchmarks
**Goal**: Verify API compatibility and measure performance
### Tests Created
- `tests/test_console_parity.py` - 7 tests
- `tests/test_table_parity.py` - 7 tests
- `tests/test_text_panel_parity.py` - 14 tests
- `tests/conftest.py` - Fixtures
### Benchmark Results (v0.3.0)
| JSON | 112.5x |
| Markdown | 92.6x |
| Table | 84.9x |
| Markup | 74.8x |
| Columns | 27.7x |
| Rule | 25.4x |
| Panel | 23.1x |
| Average | 39.1x |
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## Phase 35: Documentation & Publishing
**Goal**: Create documentation and prepare for PyPI
### Files Created
- `fast_rich/README.md` - Package documentation
- `FAST_RICH_PARITY.md` - API compatibility docs
- Updated main `README.md`
- `pyproject.toml` - Package configuration
- `mkdocs.yml` - MkDocs Material config
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## Phase 36: 100% API Coverage (19 modules)
**Goal**: Implement all remaining Rich modules
### Files Created
- `fast_rich/align.py` - Align, VerticalCenter
- `fast_rich/padding.py` - Padding
- `fast_rich/json.py` - JSON
- `fast_rich/highlighter.py` - Highlighter, RegexHighlighter
- `fast_rich/theme.py` - Theme, DEFAULT_THEME
- `fast_rich/filesize.py` - decimal, traditional
- `fast_rich/segment.py` - Segment, Segments
- `fast_rich/measure.py` - Measurement
- `fast_rich/scope.py` - render_scope
- `fast_rich/control.py` - Control
- `fast_rich/status.py` - Status
- `fast_rich/region.py` - Region
- `fast_rich/color.py` - Color, ColorTriplet
- `fast_rich/logging.py` - RichHandler
- `fast_rich/styled.py` - Styled
- `fast_rich/repr.py` - auto decorator
- `fast_rich/terminal_theme.py` - TerminalTheme, MONOKAI
- `fast_rich/containers.py` - Lines, Group
- `fast_rich/console_options.py` - ConsoleOptions
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## Phase 37: Final 17 Modules
**Goal**: Complete 100% Rich API coverage
### Files Created
- `fast_rich/markup.py` - escape, render
- `fast_rich/bar.py` - Bar renderable
- `fast_rich/progress_bar.py` - ProgressBar widget
- `fast_rich/pager.py` - Pager, SystemPager
- `fast_rich/constrain.py` - Constrain width
- `fast_rich/diagnose.py` - Diagnostics report
- `fast_rich/ansi.py` - AnsiDecoder, strip_ansi
- `fast_rich/cells.py` - cell_len utilities
- `fast_rich/palette.py` - Palette, color matching
- `fast_rich/errors.py` - ConsoleError, StyleError
- `fast_rich/protocol.py` - is_renderable, rich_cast
- `fast_rich/abc.py` - RichRenderable ABC
- `fast_rich/screen.py` - Screen class
- `fast_rich/live_render.py` - LiveRender class
- `fast_rich/jupyter.py` - Jupyter support
- `fast_rich/default_styles.py` - DEFAULT_STYLES
- `fast_rich/file_proxy.py` - FileProxy
- `fast_rich/color_triplet.py` - ColorTriplet
- `fast_rich/themes.py` - DEFAULT, SVG_EXPORT_THEME
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## Phase 38: MkDocs Documentation
**Goal**: Create comprehensive documentation with Material theme
### Documentation Structure
```
bindings/python/docs/
├── index.md # Homepage
├── benchmarks.md # Performance benchmarks
├── getting-started/
│ ├── installation.md # Install guide
│ ├── quickstart.md # Quick start tutorial
│ └── migration.md # Migration from Rich
├── components/
│ ├── console.md # Console API
│ ├── table.md # Table API
│ ├── text.md # Text & Style API
│ ├── panel.md # Panel API
│ ├── progress.md # Progress API
│ ├── tree.md # Tree API
│ ├── markdown.md # Markdown API
│ ├── syntax.md # Syntax API
│ └── more.md # All 60 modules
└── api/
└── index.md # API reference
```
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## Final Statistics
| Python Modules | 60 |
| Parity Tests | 28 |
| Documentation Pages | 14 |
| Git Commits | 15+ |
| Lines of Python | ~5,000 |
## Repository Structure
```
fast_rich/
├── bindings/python/
│ ├── fast_rich/ # 60 Python modules
│ ├── tests/ # Parity tests
│ ├── benchmarks/ # Performance tests
│ ├── docs/ # MkDocs documentation
│ ├── mkdocs.yml # MkDocs config
│ └── pyproject.toml # Package config
├── src/ # Rust source
├── docs/ # Rust docs
├── FAST_RICH_PLAN.md # Project plan
└── README.md # Main readme
```
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## GitHub Repository
https://github.com/mohammad-albarham/fast-rich
## Status: ✅ COMPLETE
Ready for PyPI publication as `fast-rich`.