Cliprun
Dev tools
online python interpreter
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Docs: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good project and congratulations on launch
From 2 comments
Looks awesome! big fans of pyodide, congrats on the launch
mscolnick on HNGreat project! Nice work! It reminds me a bit of marimo: https://docs.marimo.io/guides/publishing/
gardnr on HN
Objections
Calling it a compiler is misleading; it is an interpreter
From 2 comments
I don't understand. There is no compiling at all. It's interpereter and it's basically based on https://pyodide.org/
sekizsonsuz on HNWho would search for "Python compiler"? Honestly: It makes it sound like you literally have no idea what you're talking about. Not a good look for someone trying to sell a service.
alextingle on HN
Sandbox and security concerns with running untrusted code in the browser
From 1 comment
``` import requests r = requests.get('https://theonion.com') print(r.text) ``` Hmm, I wonder if you could use subprocess to fetch and run any binary. What kind of sandbox is this…
metadat on HN
Unclear what value it adds over a local Python install
From 1 comment
What am I paying for if it's running on my system ? Not asking to deride , but could you elaborate what value this adds over simple installing python on my system ?
arbitrandomuser on HN
Requests
Add support for the pylan library
From 1 comment
Hi, great project! Can you add the library pylan? https://pypi.org/project/pylan-lib/
Rush2112 on HN
Fix CORS limits on network requests
From 2 comments
Maker here! Runs in an isolated Web Worker using Web Assembly, via Pyodide. Everything runs locally in your browser - no file system or other access. Scheduled run (paid plan)…
andycloke on HNYes, it has all the normal CORS restrictions. If you're curious, the PR that added support for this is here: https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/pull/3195
hoodchatham on HN
Questions
What sandbox runs the code and what are its limits
From 1 comment
``` import requests r = requests.get('https://theonion.com') print(r.text) ``` Hmm, I wonder if you could use subprocess to fetch and run any binary. What kind of sandbox is this…
metadat on HN
Alternatives named
Marimo
From 1 comment
Great project! Nice work! It reminds me a bit of marimo: https://docs.marimo.io/guides/publishing/
gardnr on HN
e2b sandbox
From 1 comment
You might check out https://e2b.dev, they already have a really robust sandbox system with nice SDKs.
metadat on HN
pythontutor, ideone, repl.it, trinket.io
From 1 comment
I personally saw how novice Python programmers searched for “Python compiler” while their actual intent was to find Python REPL/execution environment online (pythontutor, ideone,…
d0mine on HN