Mito

Data

dataframe spreadsheet interface

SHOW HN2021

Mito

Write Python/Pandas faster by editing a spreadsheet, in Jupyter

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#pandas#jupyter#spreadsheet#python data analysis

101points
29comments
#525of 2,533 in 2021
Top 21%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Idea: 4 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for making pandas easier to learn and use

    From 3 comments
    • Congrats on the launch! Tool seems super useful –– I hate having to memorize/wade through all of Pandas docs/flags to get something done. Especially indexing and grouping...
      samoshay on HN
    • Super cool, congrats to the team! I can't count how many times I've had to open the merging section of the pandas docs. Great library but I find a lot of it unintuitive and hard…
      kmckiern on HN
    • Congrats on the launch folks - I spend tons of time in spreadsheets and can think of a few use cases for this (handling more regular repetitive tasks and processes). Looks useful
      mizbani on HN

Objections

  • Not open source despite BSD-looking PyPI package and headers

    From 3 comments
    • This is very confusing. The PyPI page says it's supposed to be BSD licensed: https://pypi.org/project/mitosheet/#files You can get the source code for something from that page,…
      ilyagr on HN
    • Right, even the headers on all the source files claim BSD...
      xemoka on HN
    • Please don't use span on links on your web page, my mouse cursor didn't change, and it was very strange. Maybe I'm too snobbish, but I don't trust a company with my data that…
      xiphias2 on HN
  • Tracking via Segment sends dataframe metadata and user email without opt-out

    From 2 comments
    • Congrats on the launch. The product looks useful. However, I installed the package locally, and I see that importing it causes a request to be sent to segment.io.
      arkani on HN
    • I was really interested in this as an easy way to help people get to grips with the intricacies of Pandas and working with dataframes, but after looking over the source code…
      aodj on HN

Requests

  • Support for Jupyter Notebook and other environments beyond Jupyter Lab 2.0

    From 1 comment
    • Currently, Mito only works in Juptyer Lab version 2.0. We don't work in either Jupyter Notebooks, Jupyter Lab 3.0, or Google Collab. However, we'd love to expand to those in the…
      aarondia on HN
  • Open source release or BSD license

    From 2 comments
    • I was really interested in this as an easy way to help people get to grips with the intricacies of Pandas and working with dataframes, but after looking over the source code…
      aodj on HN
    • This is very confusing. The PyPI page says it's supposed to be BSD licensed: https://pypi.org/project/mitosheet/#files You can get the source code for something from that page,…
      ilyagr on HN

Questions

  • Is it open source?

    From 1 comment
    • Heyo! Looks super cool and useful. Are you open souce?
      Saurinp on HN
  • Does it only work in Jupyter?

    From 1 comment
  • How is the code translation done?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • bamboolib

    From 1 comment
    • If you like Mito, here are some other, similar tools that you might like: Open-Source: - dtale: Very similar to Mito. On top of mito, it provides basic data exploration and can…
      kite_and_code on HN
  • dtale

    From 1 comment
    • If you like Mito, here are some other, similar tools that you might like: Open-Source: - dtale: Very similar to Mito. On top of mito, it provides basic data exploration and can…
      kite_and_code on HN
  • pandasgui

    From 1 comment
    • If you like Mito, here are some other, similar tools that you might like: Open-Source: - dtale: Very similar to Mito. On top of mito, it provides basic data exploration and can…
      kite_and_code on HN

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