django-autokit 0.2.1

A CLI tool to automate Django project setup, including settings splitting, .env creation, and app boilerplate.

Django Autokit

Django Autokit is a CLI tool that automates the setup and maintenance of Django projects. It simplifies common tasks like environment variable setup, splitting settings into base.py, dev.py, and prod.py, generating .env files, and creating boilerplate apps — saving you time and effort when starting or scaling projects.

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✨ Features

• 📁 Split settings.py into base.py, dev.py, and prod.py
• 🔐 Auto-generate a .env with SETTINGS_PATH and ENV variables
• 🧠 Automatically add new apps to INSTALLED_APPS (supports both flat and modular settings)
• 🔄 Compatible with Django 4.x and 5.x

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📦 Installation

pip install django-autokit

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🚀 Usage

Once installed, use the djkit CLI tool to run commands.

To see all available commands:

djkit --help

1️⃣ Initialize Autokit

In the root of your Django project, run:

djkit init-env

This will:

• Create a .env file if it doesn’t exist
• Set the SETTINGS_PATH (e.g., yourproject.settings.base)
• Add ENV=dev with a comment explaining how to switch to production
• Auto-detect and optionally split settings.py into modular settings

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2️⃣ Split Settings Manually (Optional)

If not already split, you can do it manually with:

djkit split-settings

This will:

• Move your current settings.py into a settings/ package
• Create base.py, dev.py, and prod.py for better configuration separation

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3️⃣ Create a Django App

To generate a new app and automatically register it in INSTALLED_APPS:

djkit startapp blog

This will:

• Run django-admin startapp blog
• Automatically insert 'blog' into your settings (flat or modular)

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4️⃣ Gitignore Generator

To generate a Django-friendly .gitignore file:

djkit gitignore

⚙️ Environment Management

Your .env file will look like this:

# Path to your Django settings file (use base.py for split settings)
SETTINGS_PATH=yourproject.settings.base

# Set ENV to 'prod' when deploying to production
ENV=dev

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📁 Example Project Structure

yourproject/
├── manage.py
├── .env
├── yourproject/
│   ├── settings/
│   │   ├── base.py
│   │   ├── dev.py
│   │   └── prod.py
│   └── __init__.py
├── blog/
│   └── __init__.py

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✅ Compatibility

• ✅ Django 4.x
• ✅ Django 5.x
• ✅ Python 3.7+

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🛡 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details.

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! If you find a bug or have a feature request, feel free to open an issue.

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