Open-AutoTools is developed using Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14.
# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
# Activate virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate # On macOS/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate # On Windows
# Install project dependencies
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
# For development, install in editable mode
pip install -e .
# Or install dev extras (includes test/build tooling)
pip install -e ".[dev]"
# Build the package locally
python -m build # Creates dist/Open_AutoTools-X.X.X-py3-none-any.whl
# Install from local wheel file
pip install dist/Open_AutoTools-X.X.X-py3-none-any.whl
# Check installation and development mode
autotools --version # Should show "Development mode: enabled" when using pip install -e .Open-AutoTools includes built-in performance metrics that are automatically enabled in development mode. These metrics track:
- Duration Metrics: Total, startup, and command execution times
- CPU Metrics: User time, system time, and CPU usage ratio
- Memory Metrics: RSS peak and total allocations
- Garbage Collection: GC pause time and collection count
- Filesystem I/O: Bytes read/written and operation count
- Top Slowest Steps: Breakdown of the slowest execution steps
Performance metrics are enabled by default in development mode (when not installed via pip). In production, use the --perf flag to enable them:
# Enable metrics in production (on main command)
autotools --perf autocaps "hello world"
# Or directly on the subcommand
autocaps --perf "hello world"
# Disable metrics via environment variable
AUTOTOOLS_DISABLE_PERF=1 autotools autocaps "hello world"The --perf flag works on both the main autotools command and directly on subcommands.
The metrics are displayed automatically at the end of command execution when enabled.
See testing.md and tools/autotest.md for detailed information about running the test suite.
If you want to run the cross-platform smoke suite without touching your local env:
- More details: docker.md