pyrails-mvc 0.1.0

Rails-inspired web framework for FastAPI

PyRails

Convention over configuration web framework for FastAPI. Rails-inspired CLI and structure for Python's async ecosystem.

Installation

# From GitHub
pip install git+https://github.com/yourusername/pyrails.git

# From source
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/pyrails.git
cd pyrails
pip install .

See INSTALL.md for more options.

Quick Start

pyrails new blog
cd blog
pyrails generate model Post title:str body:text
pyrails db:migrate
pyrails server

Visit http://localhost:8000/docs

Commands

pyrails new APP              # Create app
pyrails g model NAME ...     # Generate model + migration
pyrails g controller NAME    # Generate controller  
pyrails db:migrate           # Run migrations
pyrails server               # Start dev server
pyrails console              # Interactive REPL

See QUICKSTART.md for full command reference.

Features

• Rails-style CLI with colon notation (db:migrate)
• Interactive app creation with templates
• Auto-generating migrations with models
• Async-first (FastAPI + SQLAlchemy 2.0)
• Convention over configuration
• Multiple templates (blog, chat, SaaS, API)

Templates

• empty - Bare structure
• blog - User + Article
• chat - OpenAI with vanilla JS
• saas - Multi-tenant + Stripe
• api - API-only

Field Types

str, text, int, float, bool, datetime, date, json, references

Example:

pyrails g model Post title:str author:references published:bool

Documentation

• INSTALL.md - Installation guide
• QUICKSTART.md - Quick reference
• CONTRIBUTING.md - Development setup
• CLAUDE.md - Architecture details
• PUBLISHING.md - PyPI publication

Development

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/pyrails.git
cd pyrails
make install    # Install with dev dependencies
make test       # Run tests
make lint       # Lint code
make demo       # Create demo app

Testing

# Run test suite
pytest

# Test installation
./test_install.sh

# Test pip install
./test_pip_install.sh

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md

License

MIT