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Talika

Talika

Talika - Hindi for Tables
Declarative schemas for your test data tables.

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Define your table shape once with Python types and descriptors.
Talika handles parsing, cell conversion, validation, and precise error reporting — and lets your team define its own readable cell conventions instead of fighting list[list[str]]

The key features are:

  • Short: Eliminate manual parsing boilerplate and stop slicing raw list[list[str]] inputs.
  • Typed: Declare your schema using standard Python types for automatic cell conversion.
  • Fewer bugs: Validate required fields and exact types before your test steps even execute.
  • Pinpoint errors: Get exact line and column locations in your .feature file when data fails validation.
  • Expressive: Define custom cell conventions, fallbacks, and regex matchers with the built-in DSL.
  • Polymorphic: Parse rows representing completely different object types using clean variant schemas.
  • Flexible: Support both Row-oriented (lists) and Column-oriented (single items) tables seamlessly.
  • Static validation: Use the talika check CLI to validate Gherkin tables in CI without booting your test suite.
Built By
$ Chinmay
Github - https://github.com/chinmaysingh31
$ Nishant
Github - https://github.com/nishant2224