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Snapshot your project folder into a single structured text file.

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🚀 Snapfold

Snapfold is a lightweight CLI tool that snapshots your entire project folder into a single structured .txt file — including folder tree and source code — making it easy to share, review, or debug projects.


✨ Features

  • 📁 Automatically captures project folder structure
  • 📄 Includes source code from common development file types
  • 🚫 Ignores unnecessary folders like venv, .git, node_modules
  • 🧠 Smart filtering for development-related files
  • ⚡ One-command execution
  • 🖥️ Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux

📦 Installation

pip install snapfold

(If installing locally)

pip install .

🚀 Usage

  • Navigate to your project folder:
cd path/to/your/project
  • Run:
snapfold
  • snapfold will generate:
your_project_name.txt

inside the same folder.

📁 Example

  • If your folder is:
my_portfolio/

Running:

snapfold

Will create:

my_portfolio.txt

Containing:

  • Folder tree

  • All relevant source files

  • Clean separators

  • Structured output

📂 Supported File Types

  • Snapfold automatically includes:

  • .py

  • .html

  • .css

  • .js

  • .jsx

  • .tsx

  • .json

  • .md

  • .java

  • .cpp

  • .c

  • .xml

  • .yaml

  • .yml

  • .dart

  • .txt

🚫 Ignored Folders

  • venv

  • pycache

  • .git

  • node_modules

🛠️ Built With

  • Python 3.8+

  • Modern pyproject.toml packaging

  • CLI entry points

🎯 Why Snapfold?

Snapfold is useful for:

  • Sharing projects with mentors or recruiters

  • Submitting internship assignments

  • Asking debugging questions

  • Creating project documentation

  • Archiving development snapshots

📜 License

MIT License

👨‍💻 Author

Developed by Nandakrishnan O Computer Science Engineer

⭐ Future Improvements

  • PDF export support

  • Custom ignore configuration

  • CLI options (--pdf, --include, --exclude)

  • Syntax highlighting support

  • Markdown export

If you find this tool helpful, consider giving it a ⭐ on GitHub!

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