dokugen 14.0.2

Automatically generate high-quality README for your application

Dokugen (Python Client)

Dokugen is a lightweight, AI-powered README.md generator command-line tool. It automates writing and updating project documentation, ensuring clean, consistent, and professional README files.

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⚡ Quick Start

Installation

Install Dokugen globally using uv (recommended) or pip:

uv tool install dokugen
# or
pip install dokugen

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🚀 Usage

1. Launch the Interactive Assistant

Simply run dokugen in your project folder to open the interactive setup assistant. From here, you can generate a README, update files, revert backups, or run AI-assisted Git commits.

dokugen

Note: If dokugen command is not in your PATH, you can also run it via Python:

python -m dokugen

2. Standalone Commands

Generate README

Scan your project files and construct a new README.md.

dokugen generate

Generate README with a custom Template

Use any public README.md file as a structure template.

dokugen generate --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/username/repo/main/README.md

Smart Update README

Intelligently rebuilds auto-generated sections (tech stack, API details, file layout) while keeping your custom text, notes, and badges intact.

dokugen update

AI Git Commit (aic)

Analyze your staged files, generate a Conventional Commit message automatically, commit, and optionally push.

dokugen aic
# or
dokugen aic --push

Safety Backup Revert (revert)

Accidentally generated something you didn't like? Restore your previous README instantly from our automatic backup.

dokugen revert

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✨ Features

• Interactive Menu: Run dokugen with no arguments to navigate all tool actions in a beautiful console prompt.
• Smart Updates: Re-run the generation process without losing your manual modifications. Only auto-generated blocks get updated.
• AI-Powered Commits: Automatic staging and conventional commit message generation via Gemini.
• Compressed Uploads: Efficiently packages codebases with 70–90% upload size compression to support larger projects.
• Language Agnostic: Works out of the box with JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, C#, C++, Java, and more.

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📄 License

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

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Read our Contribution Guide to get started.

👤 Author

• Samuel Tuoyo
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