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+"""
+A module to benchmark notebooks in a directory.
+"""
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import click
+
+from ploomber_engine import execute_notebook
+from ploomber_engine.profiling import _compute_runtime
+
+
+class CellResult:
+    """Represents the result of executing a cell."""
+
+    def __init__(self, index, source, runtime, path):
+        self.index = index
+        self.source = source
+        self.runtime = runtime
+        self.path = path
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_cell(cls, index, cell, path):
+        return cls(
+            index=index,
+            source="".join(cell.source),
+            runtime=_compute_runtime(cell),
+            path=path,
+        )
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return dict(
+            index=self.index,
+            source=self.source,
+            runtime=self.runtime,
+            path=self.path,
+        )
+
+
+class NotebookResult:
+    """Represents the result of executing a notebook."""
+
+    def __init__(self, path, nb=None, exc=None) -> None:
+        self.path = path
+        self.nb = nb
+        self.exc = exc
+
+        if nb:
+            self._cell_results = [
+                CellResult.from_cell(index=index, cell=cell, path=path)
+                for index, cell in enumerate(nb.cells)
+                if cell.cell_type == "code"
+            ]
+        else:
+            self._cell_results = []
+
+        self._total_runtime = sum(r.runtime for r in self._cell_results)
+        self._n_code_cells = len(self._cell_results)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}(path={self.path!r})"
+
+    def cell_results_to_dict(self):
+        return [r.to_dict() for r in self._cell_results]
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return dict(
+            path=self.path,
+            exc=self.exc,
+            total_runtime=self._total_runtime,
+            n_code_cells=self._n_code_cells,
+        )
+
+
+def benchmark_notebooks_in_directory(path_to_notebooks):
+    """Benchmark notebooks in a directory.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    path_to_notebooks
+        Path to a directory containing notebooks
+    """
+    import pandas as pd
+
+    results = []
+    notebooks = [nb for nb in Path(path_to_notebooks).glob("*.ipynb")]
+
+    for path in notebooks:
+        try:
+            click.echo(f"Executed {path}")
+            nb = execute_notebook(path, output_path=None)
+            res = NotebookResult(path=path, nb=nb)
+        except Exception as e:
+            click.echo(f"Failed to execute {path}")
+            res = NotebookResult(path=path, exc=e)
+
+        results.append(res)
+
+    data_notebooks = pd.DataFrame.from_records([r.to_dict() for r in results])
+    nested = [r.cell_results_to_dict() for r in results]
+    data_cells = pd.DataFrame.from_records([r for r in nested for r in r])
+
+    return data_notebooks, data_cells
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.argument("path_to_notebooks", type=click.Path(exists=True))
+def cli(path_to_notebooks):
+    """Benchmark notebooks in a directory."""
+    data_notebooks, data_cells = benchmark_notebooks_in_directory(path_to_notebooks)
+    data_notebooks.to_csv("notebooks.csv", index=False)
+    data_cells.to_csv("cells.csv", index=False)
+    click.echo("Notebooks runtime saved to notebooks.csv")
+    click.echo("Cells runtime saved to cells.csv")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cli()