A modern scaffolding tool for creating new Python packages with best practices built-in.

• Fast Setup: Create fully-configured Python packages in seconds
• uv Integration: Modern dependency & venv management using uv
• Testing Ready: Pre-configured pytest with coverage
• Documentation: Sphinx docs included
• CI/CD: uv-first GitHub Actions workflow (single canonical ci.yml)
• Best Practices: PEP 8 compliant, type hints, pre-commit hooks, type checking

# Install (uv-first)
uv venv
uv sync --all-extras

scaffold-python my_awesome_package /path/to/parent/directory

my_awesome_package/
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/
│       └── ci.yaml
├── docs/
│   ├── conf.py
│   └── index.rst
├── tests/
│   └── test_hello.py
├── my_awesome_package/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── hello.py
├── .gitignore
├── LICENSE
├── Makefile
├── README.md
├── pyproject.toml
└── requirements-dev.txt

The tool automatically:

1. ✅ Validates inputs
2. ✅ Creates project structure
3. ✅ Initializes git repository
4. ✅ Sets up uv virtual environment (preferred)
5. ✅ Installs dev dependencies
6. ✅ Runs initial tests
7. ✅ Installs and runs pre-commit hooks
8. ✅ Builds documentation

# Create a new package
scaffold-python data_processor /home/user/projects

# Navigate to the new package
cd /home/user/projects/data_processor

# Activate the environment
source .venv/bin/activate

# Run tests
pytest

# Build docs
sphinx-build -b html docs docs/_build/html

Local development is uv-first. Use the provided Makefile for convenience or run uv directly.

Using the Makefile (recommended):

# Create or refresh a uv venv and install dev deps
make install

# Run the test suite
make test

# Run linters and type checks
make lint
make type

# Apply formatting (Black/isort)
make format

# Run pre-commit hooks locally
make precommit

Direct uv commands:

# Create a venv and install dev extras
uv venv
uv sync --all-extras

# Run tests
uv run pytest

# Run linters
uv run ruff check .
uv run mypy python_project_deployment

# Run pre-commit
uv run pre-commit install
uv run pre-commit run --all-files

• Python 3.11+ (recommended)
• uv (strongly recommended) — the scaffolder / CI are uv-first

If uv is not available, the tool will try to fall back to pip, but behaviour and reproducibility are better with uv.

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.