{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/6"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides platform-independent exit codes for Python programs, making Unix exit status codes available consistently across all platforms.","skillfed_tags":["exit-codes","cross-platform"],"use_cases":["CLI tools that need to return standard exit codes consistently across Windows and Unix systems","Scripts that wrap system utilities and must propagate meaningful exit statuses to calling processes","Testing frameworks or build tools that rely on exit codes to signal success or specific failure modes","Cross-platform Python applications where exit code semantics matter to shell scripts or CI/CD pipelines"],"what_it_does":"exit_codes is a minimal library that exposes Unix-style exit status codes as Python constants, solving the problem that Python's os module only provides these codes on Unix platforms. It lets you write portable scripts that return meaningful exit codes across Windows, macOS, and Linux without platform-specific conditionals.\n\nThe package is straightforward: import ExitCode and use its attributes (OK, IO_ERR, and others) in your main() function or script exit logic. It has no runtime dependencies and installs as a pure Python wheel, making it lightweight. However, the project has not been updated since July 2019 and is marked abandoned, so it will not receive maintenance or adapt to future Python changes.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need cross-platform exit codes and can accept that the package is no longer maintained. The library is simple, has no dependencies, and the exit code constants are unlikely to change. Install it only if you're comfortable with a frozen codebase and confident the constants match your needs; for new projects, consider whether you can define your own exit codes or use a more actively maintained alternative."},"id":"exit-codes","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/exit-codes","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/exit-codes.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/exit-codes/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2019-07-09","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"exit-codes","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Platform-independent exit codes."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":362171,"position":7234,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.3.0"}