# 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.

| Metric | Value |
| :--- | ---: |
| 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)
| Feature | Speedup |
| :--- | ---: |
| 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

| Category | Count |
| :--- | ---: |
| Python Modules | 60 |
| Parity Tests | 28 |
| Documentation Pages | 14 |
| Git Commits | 15+ |
| Lines of Python | ~5,000 |

## Repository Structure

```
rich_rust/
├── 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
├── RICH_RUST_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`.
