codefind
Find code objects and their referents
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are building a hot-reload or live-coding tool and accept the maintenance risk. The package is lightweight, has no dependencies, and solves a specific low-level problem well. However, maintenance is dormant, licensing is undeclared, and it is a niche tool—install only if you have a concrete use case and can tolerate lack of active support.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.8 or later.
- Low install friction with no runtime dependencies.
- Maintenance is dormant—last commit was 2024-09-08 with only 3 repository stars, so expect no active support or updates.
License · maintenance · safety
(unclear) — License status is unclear; the package declares neither SPDX nor raw license metadata. Verify licensing terms before use in proprietary or restricted contexts.
last release 2024-09-08 (705 days) · last repo commit 2024-09-08 · 3 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 571,784 downloads/mo, #5,947 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install codefind
from codefind import find_code, get_functions, conform
def f(x):
return x + x
code_obj = find_code("f", filename=__file__)
funcs = get_functions(code_obj)
conform(f, lambda x: x * x) # Replace f's code- Whether the package works reliably across Python 3.8 through current versions despite dormant maintenance.
- Actual license terms—SPDX and raw license fields are null, creating ambiguity for distribution.
- Whether conform() safely handles all closure types and edge cases in production use.
What it is and what it does
Codefind is a low-level introspection and code-patching library that lets you locate Python code objects by their qualified name or filename, find all function instances that share the same code object, and dynamically replace a function's code with another's. It has no runtime dependencies and installs cleanly.
The package is primarily used as a building block for hot-reload and live-coding tools (notably jurigged). It exposes three main operations: find_code() to retrieve a code object from a module, get_functions() to enumerate all functions referencing a given code object, and conform() to swap one function's code for another's. This enables runtime patching of functions and their closures without reloading modules.
Use it for
- Hot-reload and live-coding frameworks that need to update function implementations without restarting.
- Interactive development environments where you want to patch a function's behavior on the fly.
- Debugging tools that need to locate and inspect code objects by their qualified name.
- Testing frameworks that need to replace function implementations during test execution.
- Closure introspection when you need to find all instances of a closure created by a factory function.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you are building a hot-reload or live-coding tool and accept the maintenance risk.
The package is lightweight, has no dependencies, and solves a specific low-level problem well. However, maintenance is dormant, licensing is undeclared, and it is a niche tool—install only if you have a concrete use case and can tolerate lack of active support.
Install
codefind on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with no runtime dependencies. Maintenance is dormant—last commit was 2024-09-08 with only 3 repository stars, so expect no active support or updates.
Requires Python 3.8 or later.
License in practice
License status is unclear; the package declares neither SPDX nor raw license metadata. Verify licensing terms before use in proprietary or restricted contexts.
Quickstart
pip install codefind
from codefind import find_code, get_functions, conform
def f(x):
return x + x
code_obj = find_code("f", filename=__file__)
funcs = get_functions(code_obj)
conform(f, lambda x: x * x) # Replace f's codeVerify before relying
- Whether the package works reliably across Python 3.8 through current versions despite dormant maintenance.
- Actual license terms—SPDX and raw license fields are null, creating ambiguity for distribution.
- Whether conform() safely handles all closure types and edge cases in production use.
Package facts
| License | Not declared unclear |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Dormant 705 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 571,784 / month, #5,947 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: codefind-0.1.7-py3-none-any.whl
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