---
id: texttable
version: "1.7.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: dormant
---

# texttable — module to create simple ASCII tables

License: permissive · Maintenance: dormant · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install texttable
uv add texttable
poetry add texttable

## Description

# texttable

Python module to create simple ASCII tables

## Availability

This module is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/texttable/), and has been packaged for several Linux/Unix platforms
([Debian](https://packages.debian.org/search?&searchon=names&keywords=python-texttable+),
[FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=texttable&stype=all), Fedora, Suse...).

## Dependencies

If available, [cjkwrap](https://github.com/fgallaire/cjkwrap) library is used instead of textwrap, for a better wrapping of CJK text.

If available, [wcwidth](https://github.com/jquast/wcwidth) library is used for a better rendering (basic emoji support).

## Documentation

```
NAME
    texttable - module to create simple ASCII tables

FILE
    /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/texttable.py

DESCRIPTION

    Example:

        table = Texttable()
        table.set_cols_align(["l", "r", "c"])
        table.set_cols_valign(["t", "m", "b"])
        table.add_rows([["Name", "Age", "Nickname"],
                        ["Mr\nXavier\nHuon", 32, "Xav'"],
                        ["Mr\nBaptiste\nClement", 1, "Baby"],
                        ["Mme\nLouise\nBourgeau", 28,...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

texttable creates formatted ASCII tables from Python data, with support for alignment, decoration, data types, and optional CJK text wrapping via cjkwrap or emoji support via wcwidth.

Verdict: texttable is a stable, dependency-free utility for generating ASCII tables in console applications. Its dormant maintenance (last update 2023-10-03) poses no immediate risk given its narrow, well-defined scope and zero known vulnerabilities, but users should verify it meets their Python version and CJK/emoji requirements before adoption.

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