REPL
rat pyFull IPython. Syntax highlighting, tab completion, ? help, %magic. The namespace is shared — everything you do is visible to connected clients.
Other languages
rat rrat shrat piInspect
rat look pyVariable overview — names, types, sizes.
rat look py --at dfDeep inspection of a single variable — type, shape, head, column dtypes.
History
rat tail pyrat tail py -n 20Recent activity — what was executed, by whom, when.
Control
rat cancel pyInterrupt execution (Ctrl-C equivalent).
rat reset pyClear namespace, keep process alive.
rat restart pyKill the kernel subprocess and start fresh.
Kernel picker
rat pickInteractive picker — arrow keys, Enter to connect. Also appears on Ctrl-D from any REPL.