diff --git a/plugins/django/djtest.fish b/plugins/django/djtest.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9726130
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+++ b/plugins/django/djtest.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# time, cleanup pyc and running test, settings as first argument
+# e.g. djtest settings_dev
+function djtest
+  set VERBOSE --verbosity=1
+  find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
+
+  if set -q argv
+    time python manage.py test $VERBOSE --settings=$argv
+  else
+    time python manage.py test $VERBOSE
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/plugins/python/pybeautifyjson.fish b/plugins/python/pybeautifyjson.fish
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+++ b/plugins/python/pybeautifyjson.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# beautify json string
+# use : pybeautifyjson '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}'
+function pybeautifyjson
+  echo $argv | python -mjson.tool
+end
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diff --git a/plugins/python/pyclean.fish b/plugins/python/pyclean.fish
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+++ b/plugins/python/pyclean.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# clean current directory recursively from any .pyc and .pyo files
+function pyclean
+  if test -n $argv
+    set path2CLEAN $argv
+  else
+    set path2CLEAN .
+  end
+
+  find $path2CLEAN -name "*.py[co]" -type f -delete
+end
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diff --git a/plugins/python/pyhttp.fish b/plugins/python/pyhttp.fish
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+++ b/plugins/python/pyhttp.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# start in-place a simple http server, take a optional parameter for the port number
+function pyhttp
+  if test -n "$argv"
+    set HTTPPORT $argv
+  else
+    set HTTPPORT 1025
+  end
+  python -m SimpleHTTPServer $HTTPPORT;
+end
diff --git a/plugins/python/pysmtp.fish b/plugins/python/pysmtp.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3872f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python/pysmtp.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# start smtp debugging server, can pass an option port parameter. Default to 1025
+function pysmtp
+  if test -n "$argv"
+    set SMTPPORT $argv
+  else
+    set SMTPPORT 1025
+  end
+  echo "smtp server started on port" $SMTPPORT;
+  python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:$SMTPPORT;
+end
diff --git a/plugins/python/python.load b/plugins/python/python.load
index 64159fa..7f2bbc2 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python.load
+++ b/plugins/python/python.load
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 if test -d /usr/local/share/python
   set PATH /usr/local/share/python $PATH
 end
+