python-userland is an experimental cross-platform implementation of various UNIX and Linux utilities, written purely in Python 3.

Note that this project is a work-in-progress. Not many utilities have been finished, and existing utilities may be limited in functionality, performance and correctness.

python-userland aims to implement as much as can be done in Python and its standard library, without relying on additional C bindings for system-specific functions. Currently, the focus is on achieving feature parity with GNU Coreutils, although not all utilities (e.g. clear) are necessarily from the Coreutils project.

python-userland should, in principle, run on any OS that runs Python. However, much testing has only been done in a Linux environment. This will hopefully change in the future.

python-userland is licensed under the GPL. See the LICENSE file for more information.