Simple Python code metering library.

ticktock is a minimalist library to profile Python code: it periodically displays timing of running code.

First, install ticktock:

pip install py-ticktock

Anywhere in your code you can use tick to start a clock, and tock to register the end of the snippet you want to time:

from ticktock import tick

clock = tick()
# do some work
clock.tock()

This will print the timing of the lines 3 to 5 in your code as so:

⏱️ [3-5] 50us count=1

ticktock becomes really useful when you are trying to time code that is called multiple times.

Rather than printing a new line each time the code is visited, ticktock tracks the times and only prints them every couple of seconds.

ticktock's output is compact and readable, regardless of how many times you run through the code you are timing, or where this code is.

As an example, the following code:

from ticktock import tick

for _ in range(1000):
    clock = tick()
    # do some work
    clock.tock()

Will result in a single, continuously updated line of output showing you the average time and how many times it was called so far:

⏱️ [4-6] 50us count=1000

Checkout the documentation for a complete manual.

ticktock is actively being developed, be sure to submit issues or pull requests with ideas!