sscli 3.1.3

Seed & Source CLI - Production-ready SaaS scaffolding for Rails, Python, React, Astro, and more

Seed & Source CLI (sscli)

The unified scaffold tool for the Seed & Source template library. Pick a base, bolt on features, ship faster.

🎯 What is sscli?

sscli is a code-generation CLI that pulls production-ready project templates and injects optional premium modules into them. Every template is a complete, opinionated starting point — not a toy boilerplate.

• ✅ Production-ready bases — Rails API, Python SaaS, React, Astro, mobile, and more
• ✅ Optional feature injection — Commerce, Auth, Admin, Tunnels, and others added at scaffold time
• ✅ Clean architecture — Hexagonal (Python), standard Rails conventions, functional React
• ✅ Docker-first — Every template ships with a multi-stage production Dockerfile

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📦 Install

# Recommended
pipx install sscli

# Or via pip
pip install sscli

# Verify
sscli --version

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🚀 Quick Start

# Interactive mode — guided setup with template picker
sscli interactive

# Or go direct
sscli new --template rails-api --name my-api

New to Seed & Source? Start here: ../../docs/public/GETTING_STARTED.md

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🗂️ Templates

Run sscli explore to browse all templates interactively in your terminal.

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🛤️ Rails API  ·  rails-api  ·  FREE

A production-grade JSON API built on Rails 8 — opinionated, deployable on day one.

app/
├── controllers/api/v1/   # Versioned JSON endpoints
├── models/               # ActiveRecord (PostgreSQL)
├── services/             # Business logic layer
└── serializers/          # JSON serialization

What's in the base:

• Rails 8.0 + PostgreSQL + Devise (authentication)
• RSpec test suite + FactoryBot
• HMAC webhook validation scaffolding
• Docker + .env secrets management
• RuboCop enforced

sscli new --template rails-api --name my-api

➕ Available Features (click to expand)

Flag	Tier	Description
--with-commerce	PRO	Shopify / Stripe adapter pattern, webhook infrastructure, commerce models
--with-merchant-dashboard	PRO	React order & analytics UI — requires --with-commerce
--with-tunnel	PRO	ngrok local tunnel config for webhook testing
--with-auth	PRO	Extended authentication flows (JWT, API key management)
--with-landing	PRO	Injects a companion Astro landing page alongside the API
--with-admin	PRO	NiceGUI-based admin panel

Commerce example:

sscli new \
  --template rails-api \
  --name shopify-backend \
  --with-commerce \
  --with-tunnel

Request Flow:
Shopify Webhook → HMAC Validator → ShopifyAdapter
  → Provisioning::IssueResource → CommercialAgreement + SecurityToken

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🐍 Python SaaS  ·  python-saas  ·  ALPHA

A Hexagonal Architecture Python service — ports and adapters enforced from project root.

src/
├── core/
│   ├── entities/          # Pure domain models (no I/O)
│   └── use_cases/         # Business logic (depends only on entities)
└── infrastructure/
    ├── adapters/          # DB, HTTP, external services
    └── ui/                # FastAPI / Django routes

What's in the base:

• Python 3.11+ with FastAPI or Django
• SQLAlchemy ORM + Pydantic v2 validation
• ruff + mypy strict mode enforced
• Multi-tier secrets management (Dotenv, Doppler, Env-only)
• pytest with coverage gate (target 95% on codemods)

sscli new --template python-saas --name my-service

➕ Available Features (click to expand)

Flag	Tier	Description
--with-commerce	PRO	Commerce adapter wired into the hexagonal ports
--with-admin	PRO	NiceGUI admin panel as a standalone service
--with-sqlite	ALPHA	Local SQLite persistence via SQLAlchemy + Alembic (dev/test)
--with-ingestor	PRO	Data Ingestor adapter pattern for raw data normalization
--with-tunnel	PRO	ngrok tunnel config for local webhook testing
--with-auth	PRO	Authentication flows injected into the use case layer

sscli new \
  --template python-saas \
  --name data-service \
  --with-ingestor \
  --with-sqlite

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🌐 Static Landing  ·  static-landing  ·  ALPHA

An Astro-powered static site built for SaaS marketing pages — multi-theme, blueprint-driven.

src/
├── components/   # Astro/React island components
├── pages/        # File-based routing
└── content/      # Markdown + JSON content layer
blueprint.json    # Content & theme configuration file

What's in the base:

• Astro 5.0 + Tailwind CSS
• Multi-theme system (Emerging Emerald, Midnight Azure, Crimson Bloom, Vibrant Amber)
• blueprint.json manifest for content/theme customization
• Static build → Nginx Docker image
• Playwright smoke tests

sscli new --template static-landing --name my-landing

# With custom content & theme
sscli new \
  --template static-landing \
  --name my-landing \
  --content ./my-blueprint.json \
  --theme midnight

➕ Available Features (click to expand)

Flag	Tier	Description
--with-commerce	PRO	Storefront components (cart, product, checkout UI)
--with-auth	PRO	Auth-gated page sections

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⚛️ React Client  ·  react-client  ·  ALPHA

A React 18 + Vite frontend with the full modern stack, ready to connect to any of the backend templates.

src/
├── components/   # Functional components only
├── hooks/        # Custom hooks for all business logic
├── pages/        # Route-level components
└── api/          # React Query client bindings

What's in the base:

• React 18 + Vite + TypeScript
• React Query for server state
• Tailwind CSS
• ESLint + Prettier strict mode
• Jest + Playwright

sscli new --template react-client --name my-frontend

➕ Available Features (click to expand)

Flag	Tier	Description
--with-commerce	PRO	Commerce UI components (cart, order flow)
--with-merchant-dashboard	PRO	Full merchant dashboard — orders, analytics, settings. Requires --with-commerce
--with-auth	PRO	Auth flows integrated with React Query

sscli new \
  --template react-client \
  --name merchant-ui \
  --with-commerce \
  --with-merchant-dashboard

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📊 Data Pipeline  ·  data-pipeline  ·  ALPHA

A dbt + Python data stack for SaaS analytics and data transformation pipelines.

sscli new --template data-pipeline --name my-pipeline

What's included (click to expand)

• dbt Core with modular transformation layers (staging → marts)
• Python ingestion scripts
• Docker orchestration
• Pre-configured profiles for PostgreSQL / BigQuery

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📱 Mobile  ·  ALPHA

Template	Stack	Command
mobile-android	Kotlin + Jetpack Compose	sscli new --template mobile-android --name my-app
mobile-ios	Swift + SwiftUI	sscli new --template mobile-ios --name my-app

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🏗️ Infrastructure  ·  ALPHA

Template	Stack	Command
terraform-infra	Terraform multi-cloud IaC	sscli new --template terraform-infra --name my-infra
wiring	Docker Compose multi-service orchestration	sscli new --template wiring --name my-stack

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🔧 CLI Reference

Command	Description
sscli new	Scaffold a new project from a template
sscli setup	Run setup scripts for templates
sscli interactive animated	Guided interactive setup with a robust animated experience
sscli explore	Browse all templates in an interactive tree view
sscli verify	Verify template integrity and run smoke tests
sscli health	Check configuration and template health
sscli validate	Run smoke test suite against a template
sscli upgrade	Upgrade a generated project to a newer template version using AST
sscli auth login	Authenticate with GitHub to unlock ALPHA/PRO templates
sscli whoami	Show current authenticated user and license tier
sscli logout	Clear local credentials
sscli obs diff	3-way diff between base template and current code
sscli obs workspace	Manage feature isolation workspaces

Feature Flags for sscli new

Flag	Templates	Tier
--with-commerce	rails-api, python-saas, react-client, static-landing	PRO
--with-merchant-dashboard	react-client	PRO
--with-auth	rails-api, python-saas, react-client, static-landing	PRO
--with-admin	rails-api, python-saas	PRO
--with-tunnel	rails-api, python-saas	PRO
--with-landing	rails-api, python-saas	PRO
--with-ingestor	python-saas	PRO
--with-sqlite	python-saas	ALPHA
--secrets <strategy>	all	FREE
--use-ast-injection	all (where supported)	ALPHA
--content <file>	static-landing	ALPHA
--theme <name>	static-landing	ALPHA
--dry-run	all	FREE
--json	all	FREE

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🔄 Updates

pipx upgrade sscli
# or
pip install --upgrade sscli

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❓ Troubleshooting

Command not found after install

sscli --version

# If missing, reinstall via pipx
pipx uninstall sscli
pipx install sscli

Template not generating correctly

# Check template integrity first
sscli verify --template rails-api

# Preview without writing files
sscli new --template rails-api --name test --dry-run

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📞 Support

• Docs: docs.seedsource.dev
• GitHub: seed-source/stack-cli
• Email: [e-mail]

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📄 License

MIT