🍎 applepy-cli

Build tool for ApplePy — scaffold, build, and publish Swift-powered Python packages.

The equivalent of maturin for PyO3, but for Swift.

Install

# pip
pip install applepy-cli

# uv
uv pip install applepy-cli

Quick Start

applepy new myproject
cd myproject
applepy develop
python myproject/examples/demo.py
# → Hello, World! 🍎

Commands

applepy new Options

applepy new myproject                     # Uses GitHub ApplePy (default)
applepy new myproject --local             # Uses local ApplePy checkout
applepy new myproject --applepy-path ../ApplePy  # Explicit local path
applepy new myproject -d "My description" # Set project description

Generated Project Structure

myproject/
├── pyproject.toml
├── setup.py
├── README.md
├── myproject/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── examples/demo.py
└── swift/
    ├── Package.swift
    └── Sources/MyProject/MyProject.swift

Requirements

• macOS (Apple frameworks require macOS)
• Swift 6.0+ toolchain
• Python 3.10+

License

BSD-3-Clause © Jagtesh Chadha