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biscuitcutter is a new repository scaffolder for Python projects.

Create a new Python package or repository with a single command! ⭐️Star it if you like it⭐️


Key Features

Feature Description
Interactive CLI Scaffold a new Python repository with prompts for repo name, author info, and more.
Template-Based Uses a pre-configured template to create a ready-to-use project structure.
Placeholder Replacement Automatically replaces placeholders (repo name, author, email, GitHub username) in all files.

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Installation

Install biscuitcutter from PyPI
pip install biscuitcutter

Usage

After installation, run the interactive CLI:

biscuitcutter

This will prompt you for:

  • Repository / package name (required)
  • Author full name (required)
  • Author e-mail (optional)
  • GitHub username (optional, defaults to lowercase author name without spaces)
  • Parent directory (optional, defaults to current directory)

Alternatively, you can import and call the main function directly:

from biscuitcutter import main
main()

Example Session

🍪  biscuitcutter – new repo scaffolder

───────────────────────────────────────────
  Repository / package name: my_project
  Author full name: Erdogan Taskesen
  Author e-mail: erdogant@gmail.com
  GitHub username: erdogant
  Parent directory (leave blank for current dir):

✔  Created directory: /path/to/my_project
✔  Template extracted to: /path/to/my_project
✔  Placeholders replaced.

🎉  Done!  Your new repo is ready at:
    /path/to/my_project

Contributors

Setting up and maintaining biscuitcutter has been possible thanks to users and contributors. Thanks to:

Maintainer

  • Erdogan Taskesen, github: erdogant
  • Contributions are welcome.

Release files for biscuitcutter 1.1.3

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Table of built distributions (wheels) for biscuitcutter 1.1.3
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Total release size: 1.1 MB

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