Remove rich as required for tree()

changes/3778.misc.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`Group.tree()` no longer requires the `rich` dependency. Tree rendering now uses built-in ANSI bold for terminals and HTML bold for Jupyter. New parameters: `plain=True` for unstyled output, and `max_nodes` (default 500) to truncate large hierarchies with early bailout.

docs/user-guide/groups.md

@@ -133,5 +133,3 @@ Groups also have the [`zarr.Group.tree`][] method, e.g.:
 print(root.tree())
 ```
 
-!!! note
-    [`zarr.Group.tree`][] requires the optional [rich](https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) dependency. It can be installed with the `[tree]` extra.

docs/user-guide/installation.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ These can be installed using `pip install "zarr[<extra>]"`, e.g. `pip install "z
 - `gpu`: support for GPUs
 - `remote`: support for reading/writing to remote data stores
 
-Additional optional dependencies include `rich`, `universal_pathlib`. These must be installed separately.
+Additional optional dependencies include `universal_pathlib`. These must be installed separately.
 
 ## conda
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ gpu = [
     "cupy-cuda12x",
 ]
 cli = ["typer"]
-optional = ["rich", "universal-pathlib"]
+optional = ["universal-pathlib"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 zarr = "zarr._cli.cli:app"
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ docs = [
     "towncrier",
     # Optional dependencies to run examples
     "numcodecs[msgpack]",
-    "rich",
     "s3fs>=2023.10.0",
     "astroid<4",
     "pytest",
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ dev = [
     {include-group = "test"},
     {include-group = "remote-tests"},
     {include-group = "docs"},
-    "rich",
     "universal-pathlib",
     "mypy",
 ]

src/zarr/__init__.py

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ def print_packages(packages: list[str]) -> None:
         "s3fs",
         "gcsfs",
         "universal-pathlib",
-        "rich",
         "obstore",
     ]
 

src/zarr/core/_tree.py

@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
-import io
-import os
+import sys
+from collections import deque
 from collections.abc import Sequence
+from html import escape as html_escape
 from typing import Any
 
 from zarr.core.group import AsyncGroup
 
-try:
-    import rich
-    import rich.console
-    import rich.tree
-except ImportError as e:
-    raise ImportError("'rich' is required for Group.tree") from e
-
 
 class TreeRepr:
     """
@@ -21,45 +15,119 @@ class TreeRepr:
     of Zarr's public API.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, tree: rich.tree.Tree) -> None:
-        self._tree = tree
+    def __init__(self, text: str, html: str, truncated: str = "") -> None:
+        self._text = text
+        self._html = html
+        self._truncated = truncated
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        color_system = os.environ.get("OVERRIDE_COLOR_SYSTEM", rich.get_console().color_system)
-        console = rich.console.Console(file=io.StringIO(), color_system=color_system)
-        console.print(self._tree)
-        return str(console.file.getvalue())
+        if self._truncated:
+            return self._truncated + self._text
+        return self._text
 
     def _repr_mimebundle_(
         self,
-        include: Sequence[str],
-        exclude: Sequence[str],
+        include: Sequence[str] | None = None,
+        exclude: Sequence[str] | None = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> dict[str, str]:
+        text = self._truncated + self._text if self._truncated else self._text
         # For jupyter support.
-        # Unsure why mypy infers the return type to by Any
-        return self._tree._repr_mimebundle_(include=include, exclude=exclude, **kwargs)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
+        html_body = self._truncated + self._html if self._truncated else self._html
+        html = (
+            '<pre style="white-space:pre;overflow-x:auto;line-height:normal;'
+            "font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace\">"
+            f"{html_body}</pre>\n"
+        )
+        return {"text/plain": text, "text/html": html}
+
 
+async def group_tree_async(
+    group: AsyncGroup,
+    max_depth: int | None = None,
+    max_nodes: int = 500,
+    plain: bool = False,
+) -> TreeRepr:
+    members: list[tuple[str, Any]] = []
+    truncated = False
+    async for item in group.members(max_depth=max_depth):
+        if len(members) == max_nodes:
+            truncated = True
+            break
+        members.append(item)
+    members.sort(key=lambda key_node: key_node[0])
 
-async def group_tree_async(group: AsyncGroup, max_depth: int | None = None) -> TreeRepr:
-    tree = rich.tree.Tree(label=f"[bold]{group.name}[/bold]")
-    nodes = {"": tree}
-    members = sorted([x async for x in group.members(max_depth=max_depth)])
+    # Set up styling tokens: ANSI bold for terminals, HTML <b> for Jupyter,
+    # or empty strings when plain=True (useful for LLMs, logging, files).
+    if plain:
+        ansi_open = ansi_close = html_open = html_close = ""
+    else:
+        # Avoid emitting ANSI escape codes when output is piped or in CI.
+        use_ansi = sys.stdout.isatty()
+        ansi_open = "\x1b[1m" if use_ansi else ""
+        ansi_close = "\x1b[0m" if use_ansi else ""
+        html_open = "<b>"
+        html_close = "</b>"
 
+    # Group members by parent key so we can render the tree level by level.
+    nodes: dict[str, list[tuple[str, Any]]] = {}
     for key, node in members:
         if key.count("/") == 0:
             parent_key = ""
         else:
             parent_key = key.rsplit("/", 1)[0]
-        parent = nodes[parent_key]
+        nodes.setdefault(parent_key, []).append((key, node))
 
-        # We want what the spec calls the node "name", the part excluding all leading
-        # /'s and path segments. But node.name includes all that, so we build it here.
+    # Render the tree iteratively (not recursively) to avoid hitting
+    # Python's recursion limit on deeply nested hierarchies.
+    # Each stack frame is (prefix_string, remaining_children_at_this_level).
+    text_lines = [f"{ansi_open}{group.name}{ansi_close}"]
+    html_lines = [f"{html_open}{html_escape(group.name)}{html_close}"]
+    stack = [("", deque(nodes.get("", [])))]
+    while stack:
+        prefix, remaining = stack[-1]
+        if not remaining:
+            stack.pop()
+            continue
+        key, node = remaining.popleft()
         name = key.rsplit("/")[-1]
+        escaped_name = html_escape(name)
+        # if we popped the last item then remaining will
+        # now be empty - that's how we got past the if not remaining
+        # above, but this can still be true.
+        is_last = not remaining
+        connector = "└── " if is_last else "├── "
         if isinstance(node, AsyncGroup):
-            label = f"[bold]{name}[/bold]"
+            text_lines.append(f"{prefix}{connector}{ansi_open}{name}{ansi_close}")
+            html_lines.append(f"{prefix}{connector}{html_open}{escaped_name}{html_close}")
         else:
-            label = f"[bold]{name}[/bold] {node.shape} {node.dtype}"
-        nodes[key] = parent.add(label)
-
-    return TreeRepr(tree)
+            text_lines.append(
+                f"{prefix}{connector}{ansi_open}{name}{ansi_close} {node.shape} {node.dtype}"
+            )
+            html_lines.append(
+                f"{prefix}{connector}{html_open}{escaped_name}{html_close}"
+                f" {html_escape(str(node.shape))} {html_escape(str(node.dtype))}"
+            )
+        # Descend into children with an accumulated prefix:
+        # Example showing how prefix accumulates:
+        #   /
+        #   ├── a              prefix = ""
+        #   │   ├── b          prefix = "" + "│   "
+        #   │   │   └── x      prefix = "" + "│   " + "│   "
+        #   │   └── c          prefix = "" + "│   "
+        #   └── d              prefix = ""
+        #       └── e          prefix = "" + "    "
+        if children := nodes.get(key, []):
+            if is_last:
+                child_prefix = prefix + "    "
+            else:
+                child_prefix = prefix + "│   "
+            stack.append((child_prefix, deque(children)))
+    text = "\n".join(text_lines) + "\n"
+    html = "\n".join(html_lines) + "\n"
+    note = (
+        f"Truncated at max_nodes={max_nodes}, some nodes and their children may be missing\n"
+        if truncated
+        else ""
+    )
+    return TreeRepr(text, html, truncated=note)

src/zarr/core/group.py

@@ -1588,19 +1588,29 @@ async def array_values(
         async for _, array in self.arrays():
             yield array
 
-    async def tree(self, expand: bool | None = None, level: int | None = None) -> Any:
+    async def tree(
+        self,
+        expand: bool | None = None,
+        level: int | None = None,
+        max_nodes: int = 500,
+        plain: bool = False,
+    ) -> Any:
         """
         Return a tree-like representation of a hierarchy.
 
-        This requires the optional ``rich`` dependency.
-
         Parameters
         ----------
         expand : bool, optional
             This keyword is not yet supported. A NotImplementedError is raised if
             it's used.
         level : int, optional
             The maximum depth below this Group to display in the tree.
+        max_nodes : int
+            Maximum number of nodes to display before truncating. Default is 500.
+        plain : bool, optional
+            If True, return a plain-text tree without ANSI styling. This is
+            useful when the output will be consumed by an LLM or written to a
+            file. Default is False.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -1611,7 +1621,7 @@ async def tree(self, expand: bool | None = None, level: int | None = None) -> An
 
         if expand is not None:
             raise NotImplementedError("'expand' is not yet implemented.")
-        return await group_tree_async(self, max_depth=level)
+        return await group_tree_async(self, max_depth=level, max_nodes=max_nodes, plain=plain)
 
     async def empty(self, *, name: str, shape: tuple[int, ...], **kwargs: Any) -> AnyAsyncArray:
         """Create an empty array with the specified shape in this Group. The contents will
@@ -2371,26 +2381,38 @@ def array_values(self) -> Generator[AnyArray, None]:
         for _, array in self.arrays():
             yield array
 
-    def tree(self, expand: bool | None = None, level: int | None = None) -> Any:
+    def tree(
+        self,
+        expand: bool | None = None,
+        level: int | None = None,
+        max_nodes: int = 500,
+        plain: bool = False,
+    ) -> Any:
         """
         Return a tree-like representation of a hierarchy.
 
-        This requires the optional ``rich`` dependency.
-
         Parameters
         ----------
         expand : bool, optional
             This keyword is not yet supported. A NotImplementedError is raised if
             it's used.
         level : int, optional
             The maximum depth below this Group to display in the tree.
+        max_nodes : int
+            Maximum number of nodes to display before truncating. Default is 500.
+        plain : bool, optional
+            If True, return a plain-text tree without ANSI styling. This is
+            useful when the output will be consumed by an LLM or written to a
+            file. Default is False.
 
         Returns
         -------
         TreeRepr
             A pretty-printable object displaying the hierarchy.
         """
-        return self._sync(self._async_group.tree(expand=expand, level=level))
+        return self._sync(
+            self._async_group.tree(expand=expand, level=level, max_nodes=max_nodes, plain=plain)
+        )
 
     def create_group(self, name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Group:
         """Create a sub-group.

tests/test_api.py

@@ -599,7 +599,6 @@ def test_load_local(tmp_path: Path, path: str | None, load_read_only: bool) -> N
 
 
 def test_tree() -> None:
-    pytest.importorskip("rich")
     g1 = zarr.group()
     g1.create_group("foo")
     g3 = g1.create_group("bar")