🐵 Your lightweight companion for building simple, interactive, and dynamic data apps in Python.

What is Preswald?

Preswald is a full-stack platform for building, deploying, and managing interactive data applications. It combines ingestion, storage, transformation, and visualization into one lightweight and powerful SDK. Whether you're prototyping internal tools or deploying production-grade apps, Preswald reduces complexity and cost without compromising flexibility.

• Code-First Simplicity. Minimal Python and SQL for powerful apps
• End-to-End Coverage. Handle ingestion, ETL, and visualization in one platform
• Efficient by Design. Avoid the sprawling complexity of the modern data stack while keeping what works.
• Connect to CSV, JSON, Parquet, or SQL databases in seconds.
• Fully Customizable Themes. Your app, your brand—just tweak images and names in config.toml.
• Go live on your machine with a single command.

🚀 Getting Started

Installation

First, install Preswald using pip. https://pypi.org/project/preswald/

pip install preswald

👩‍💻 Quick Start

1. Initialize a New Project

Start your journey with Preswald by initializing a new project:

preswald init my_project
cd my_project

This will create a folder called my_project with all the basics you need:

• hello.py: Your first Preswald app.
• config.toml: Customize your app’s settings and style.
• secrets.toml: Keep your API keys and sensitive information safe.
• .gitignore: Preconfigured to keep secrets.toml out of your Git repository.

2. Write Your First App

Time to make something magical! Open up hello.py and write:

from preswald import text, connect, view

# Render Markdown content
text("# Welcome to Preswald")

# Connect to a CSV file
data_conn = connect("example.csv", "my_data")

# Display the data as a table
view(data_conn)

3. Run Your App

Now the fun part—see it in action! Run your app locally with:

preswald run hello.py

This command launches a development server, and Preswald will let you know where your app is hosted. Typically, it’s here:

🌐 App running at: http://localhost:8501

Open your browser, and voilà—your first Preswald app is live!

4. Deploy Your App to the Cloud

Once you've built and tested your app locally, deploying it to the cloud is just as simple. Preswald integrates with Google Cloud Run, allowing you to host your app in a scalable, serverless environment with just one command.

To deploy your app, set up Google Cloud credentials and a project. Then, run:

preswald deploy hello.py --project <your-gcp-project>

Once deployed, you’ll see a URL where your app is live, for example:

🌐 App deployed at: https://your-app-name-abc123.run.app

💡 Examples

Example 1: Hello World

from preswald import text

text("# Hello, World!")

Example 2: Data Viewer

from preswald import connect, view

data_conn = connect("example.csv", "example_data")
view(data_conn)

Example 3: Interactive Dashboard

from preswald import text, slider, view, connect

text("# Interactive Dashboard")

slider_value = slider("Rows to Display", min_val=10, max_val=100, step=10, default=50)
data_conn = connect("example.csv", "data")
view(data_conn, limit=slider_value)

🔧 Configuration

Preswald uses config.toml for project settings and theming. It’s straightforward, and it makes your app look polished.

Sample config.toml:

[project]
title = "Preswald Project"
version = "0.1.0"
port = 8501

[branding]
logo = "thumbnail.png"
favicon = "favicon.ico"
name = "My app"

[theme.color]
primary = "#4CAF50"
font = "Arial, sans-serif"

[connections.postgres]
type = "postgres"
host = "localhost"
port = 5432
dbname = "mydb"
user = "user"

# password is stored in secrets.toml

📚 Documentation

We’re here to help! Check out our full documentation at Preswald Docs.

🤝 Contributing

Preswald thrives on community contributions! Here’s how you can help:

1. Fork the repository.

2. Clone your fork:

   git clone https://github.com/StructuredLabs/preswald.git

3. For local development, with the frontend, run the following commands

   pip install -e ".[dev]"
   python setup.py build_frontend
   python -m build
   pip install dist/preswald-0.xx.xx.tar.gz
   

4. Run a test app

   preswald run examples/earthquakes.py
   

For details, check out CONTRIBUTING.md.

🎉 Join the Community

• GitHub Issues: Found a bug? Let us know here.
• Community Forum: Reach out here
• Discussions: Share your ideas and ask questions in our discussion forum.
• Contributors: Meet the awesome people who make Preswald better here.

📢 Stay Connected

📄 License

Preswald is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.