xmod
🌱 Turn any object into a module 🌱
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you want to simplify module APIs or reduce import boilerplate in single-purpose modules. The package is lightweight, actively maintained, permissively licensed, and carries no security vulnerabilities. Install friction is minimal. It's a niche tool, but well-suited to its specific use case.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Low install friction with no runtime dependencies.
- Active maintenance with a recent release 97 days ago and current Python version support (3.10–3.14).
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-05-09 (97 days) · last repo commit 2026-05-09 · 5 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 4,908,921 downloads/mo, #2,200 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install xmod
import xmod
@xmod
def a_function():
return 'result'
# Module is now callable
print(a_function()) # 'result'- Whether the decorator approach preserves standard module attributes like __all__ and __doc__.
- Performance overhead of the module wrapping mechanism for frequently-accessed modules.
- Compatibility with module introspection tools and import hooks.
What it is and what it does
xmod is a lightweight library that lets you give a module the behavior of a callable or container object. Normally, modules are static namespaces; xmod wraps a module so it can respond to function calls, indexing, or other object protocols. This is useful for single-purpose modules where you want to avoid boilerplate and instead call or index the module directly.
The package has no runtime dependencies and works with modern Python versions (3.10–3.14). It's maintained actively with no known vulnerabilities. The core use case is simplifying APIs of modules that "just do one thing" by letting them behave like the objects they export.
Use it for
- Make a module callable so the module itself can be invoked as a function without intermediate imports.
- Wrap a module around a list or dict to support indexing and mutation directly on the module.
- Reduce import boilerplate in libraries where the module itself is the primary interface.
- Create a module that mimics a built-in type's interface for a more intuitive API.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you want to simplify module APIs or reduce import boilerplate in single-purpose modules.
The package is lightweight, actively maintained, permissively licensed, and carries no security vulnerabilities. Install friction is minimal. It's a niche tool, but well-suited to its specific use case.
Install
xmod on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with no runtime dependencies. Active maintenance with a recent release 97 days ago and current Python version support (3.10–3.14).
Requires Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install xmod
import xmod
@xmod
def a_function():
return 'result'
# Module is now callable
print(a_function()) # 'result'Verify before relying
- Whether the decorator approach preserves standard module attributes like __all__ and __doc__.
- Performance overhead of the module wrapping mechanism for frequently-accessed modules.
- Compatibility with module introspection tools and import hooks.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 97 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 4,908,921 / month, #2,200 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14 |
Evidence: xmod-1.10.0-py3-none-any.whl
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