wolever/pprintpp

pprint++ is a Python tool that makes complex data structures much easier to read when you print them to your screen. Python comes with a built-in tool called "pprint" (short for "pretty print") that is meant to format messy data, but its output is often still cluttered and hard to scan. This project serves as a direct replacement that actually delivers on the "pretty" promise. The tool formats data like lists and dictionaries with clean, consistent indentation that follows standard Python style guidelines. While the default tool often jams everything onto fewer lines or uses awkward spacing, pprint++ breaks data out into a readable, predictable structure. It also handles special data types more intelligently: it formats arrays from the popular numpy math library cleanly, shows the names of custom collection types, and prints readable Unicode characters (like letters with accents) as they actually appear instead of as escaped code. Anyone who works with raw data in Python can benefit from this. For example, if you are pulling JSON data from a web API like a social media feed or examining a database query result, the raw output can be a giant wall of text. By routing that data through this tool, you get a nicely indented breakdown that makes it easy to see what fields exist and how they are nested. It is especially handy for data analysts, beginners learning how data is structured, or developers debugging an application. You can use it in several ways depending on your workflow. You can import it directly into your code, use a command-line tool to format data piped in from other programs, or set it as the default output formatter for IPython (a popular interactive Python environment). There is also a "monkeypatch" option that overrides the default pprint tool everywhere in your project, and a shortcut package called "pp-ez" that lets you print data with a minimal two-letter command.