Introduction ============ **Hup** is a multi-purpose `Python`_ library, which primarily aims to support projects at `Frootlab`_ by a common base library. The majority of the comprised modules, however, is kept generic and well documented, to facilitate their application in other open source projects as well. Hup was originally created in 2019 to allow a separation and extension of our data analysis framework *Nemoa* within smaller and individually maintainable subprojects `Deet`_, `Brea`_ and `Rian`_. For more information about these projects see their respective project pages. .. _Python: https://www.python.org .. _Frootlab: https://www.frootlab.org .. _Rian: https://www.frootlab.org/rian .. _Deet: https://www.frootlab.org/deet .. _Brea: https://www.frootlab.org/brea