# pyscaffold/pyscaffold

🛠 Python project template generator with batteries included

Repository: https://github.com/pyscaffold/pyscaffold
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pyscaffold
Homepage: https://pyscaffold.org
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: python, release-automation, git, distribution, package-creation, template-project, project-template, package
Last push: 2026-08-24T17:11:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4536, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 709, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2263, forks 190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:32.030709+00:00)

## What it is
PyScaffold is a Python project generator that bootstraps high-quality, PyPI-ready package templates via the `putup` command. It bundles best-practice configuration for packaging, Git integration, versioning, testing, documentation, and CI out of the box.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new python package
- generate a pypi-ready project template
- bootstrap a python library with git and CI configured
- set up setuptools packaging with versioning from git tags
- create a python project with tox and sphinx preconfigured
- avoid writing setup.py boilerplate by hand

## When to choose
- starting a new Python package and wanting batteries-included best practices
- you want Git-based versioning (setuptools-scm), tests, docs, and CI wired up automatically
- you prefer declarative setup.cfg configuration and PEP 517/518-compliant builds
- you want generated projects to be fully independent of the generator

## When to avoid
- you already use a different scaffolder like cookiecutter or Poetry's project layout
- you need a non-Python project template
- you want full manual control over every config file from the start
- you need a web app framework generator rather than a package skeleton

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools, build-tool, ci-cd, version-control
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: project-generator, scaffolding, packaging, pypi, setuptools, boilerplate, git-integration, template-project, command-line, python, automation

## Member repositories
- pyscaffold/pyscaffold (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.030709+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:42:29.731609+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pyscaffold/pyscaffold (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.030709+00:00, sha fbc94dfb3ede)
  - homepage: https://pyscaffold.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:02.189204+00:00, sha 31ce890f74f9)
  - site_page: https://pyscaffold.org/en/stable/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:02.198186+00:00, sha 47209a72dcfd)
  - site_page: https://pyscaffold.org/en/stable/features.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:02.200207+00:00, sha eb015f52434b)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pyscaffold/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:02.212684+00:00, sha 9c9b825ddc37)
  - site_page: https://pyscaffold.org/en/stable/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:02.204806+00:00, sha dc4ca8ceb4bc)
  - site_page: https://pyscaffold.org/en/stable/changelog.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:02.207979+00:00, sha eb7a5e324d3c)
  - site_page: https://pyscaffold.org/en/stable/advanced.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:02.202411+00:00, sha 136aaa83d9a7)
  - site_page: https://pyscaffold.org/en/stable/usage.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:02.210685+00:00, sha c339377407ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.