diff --git a/dev-util/byexample/Manifest b/dev-util/byexample/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8e7247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/byexample/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST byexample-10.5.6.gh.tar.gz 473590 BLAKE2B 701d740e8a0effbf663b4e008af0dc47763e70fcef8005e5f114805ca729334e9db04d899f2dd62db42ac41bd75ecbb822e240ef5011d4287b90d0cd426d7a4a SHA512 73d7c81fa9a97ab18638aece8dd13e5e4f330fa62eb55592bc684a68ef9835c948f7439574b4cc1e114f20795534cce966228d4459984020d44733c5c301c6e5
diff --git a/dev-util/byexample/byexample-10.5.6.ebuild b/dev-util/byexample/byexample-10.5.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9ea964
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+++ b/dev-util/byexample/byexample-10.5.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Write snippets of code in C++, Python, Ruby, and others as documentation and execute them as regression tests."
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/byexamples/byexample"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/byexamples/byexample/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="cpplintlicense"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/pexpect-4
+	<dev-python/pexpect-5
+	>=dev-python/appdirs-1.4.3
+	<dev-python/appdirs-2
+	>=dev-util/termscraper-0.10
+	<dev-util/termscraper-0.11
+	>=dev-python/bracex-2.1.0
+	<dev-python/bracex-3
+	"
+	# >=dev-python/importlib-resources-5.5
+	# <dev-python/importlib-resources-6
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND=""
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/doNotInstallLicense.patch"
+)
+
+
+# the following are the required dependencies
+# without them, we cannot run byexample
+# NOTE: keep this list in sync with byexample/cmdline.py
+# required_deps=[
+#     'pexpect>=4,<5',     # pexpect 4.x.x required
+#     'appdirs>=1.4.3,<2', # appdirs 1.4.x (x >= 3) required
+#     'termscraper>=0.10,<0.11', # termscraper 0.10.x
+#     'bracex>=2.1.0,<3',  # bracex 2.x required (with x >= 1)
+#     'importlib-resources>=5.5.0,<6.0.0', # importlib-resources 5.y.x (y >= 5)
+#     ]
+
+# # these, on the other hand, are optional nice to have
+# # dependencies. we'll install them by default but if they
+# # are not present, byexample will run normally.
+# # NOTE: keep this list in sync with byexample/cmdline.py
+# nice_to_have_deps=[
+#     'tqdm>=4,<5',     # tqdm 4.x.x required
+#     'pygments>=2,<3', # pygments 2.x.x required
+#     'argcomplete>=2.0.0,<2.1.0' # argcomplete 2.x.x required
+#     ]
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-util/byexample/files/doNotInstallLicense.patch b/dev-util/byexample/files/doNotInstallLicense.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bce0936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/byexample/files/doNotInstallLicense.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 3ea678f..aede3fb 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ setup(
+     keywords='doctest documentation test testing',
+ 
+     packages=['byexample', 'byexample.modules'],
+-    data_files=[("", ["LICENSE"])],
+     package_data={'byexample':["modules/gadgets/*"]},
+ 
+     entry_points={
diff --git a/dev-util/termscraper/Manifest b/dev-util/termscraper/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9aab24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/termscraper/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST termscraper-0.10.0.gh.tar.gz 103752 BLAKE2B 0fb2bd4f598b5e4ebf7b7bc5bc9e9a3f758095ee2e54da601bfdbef611847b7433cf2b0d3aef022ce88b398c6720ed9137f3c85273bc8eadb248556099bdae2a SHA512 2bc0363afa1545971b2507ede677f79a5064503319dc34396b423f6058700d70576bf78e1a1e839c7e8139ee612f0b5f2211090545abfcb2b5176a08fcbdde53
diff --git a/dev-util/termscraper/files/doNotInstallLicense.patch b/dev-util/termscraper/files/doNotInstallLicense.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2769f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/termscraper/files/doNotInstallLicense.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 157032d..3e1e664 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -80,6 +80,5 @@ setup(
+     keywords=["scraper", "pyte", "vt102", "vte", "terminal emulator"],
+ 
+     packages=['termscraper'],
+-    data_files=[("", ["LICENSE"])]
+ )
+ 
diff --git a/dev-util/termscraper/termscraper-0.10.0.ebuild b/dev-util/termscraper/termscraper-0.10.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d6278f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/termscraper/termscraper-0.10.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple VTXXX-compatible terminal emulator scraper."
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/byexamples/termscraper"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/byexamples/termscraper/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+DEPEND="
+	~dev-python/wcwidth-0.2.6
+	"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND=""
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/doNotInstallLicense.patch"
+)
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest