kiln
Pre-alpha — kiln is under active development. APIs may change between releases. Feedback and contributions are welcome.
CLI for autogenerating files from templates.
Install
pip install kiln-generator # or: uv add kiln-generator
Optional extras:
pip install 'kiln-generator[files]' # adds boto3 for S3 uploads
Targets
kiln-generator ships four targets, all driven by the generic foundry
CLI:
be— FastAPI/SQLAlchemy backend codegen.be_root— one-shot bootstrap for abe-driven project.fe— React/TypeScript frontend codegen (TS types + React Query hooks from an OpenAPI spec).fe_root— one-shot bootstrap for afe-driven project.
Quick start
foundry --help
foundry generate --target be --config config/project.jsonnet
Documentation
Full documentation is available at roddarjohn.github.io/kiln.
Development
Prerequisites: uv, just, and jsonnetfmt — brew install go-jsonnet on macOS, sudo apt install jsonnet on Debian/Ubuntu.
# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/<username>/kiln.git
cd kiln
uv sync --all-groups
# Install pre-commit hooks (ruff + jsonnetfmt run on every commit)
just setup
# Run checks
just lint # ruff check + format
just type-check # zuban check src/
just dev-test # pytest (fast, local dev)
just test # tox (full isolation)
just docs # build Sphinx HTML docs
License
See LICENSE for details.
Future
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Authentication extensions
- e.g. different permissions
- e.g. permission actions
- e.g. filter list endpoints
- should be rego I'd think
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emails / texts / pdfs / spreadsheets?
- is FE
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websockets?
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multi-tenant?
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
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