Straight to the Money 💰

Minimalistic yet all-inclusive Python project template

Stop wasting time in analysis paralysis over Python tooling choices 💸
Pick the defaults 💱
Go straight to the money 💹

This template focusses on simplicity. If you want something more robust, check this project's detached fork: Crave all the Money 🤑.

Usage

Prerequisite: uv
(Installing uv should also provide you with uvx. Give their docs a look-over before continuing if you want to get a better understanding of what is going on under the hood in the steps below. Also look at their docs for the parts of dependency management not covered in this template's standard flow, such as removing dependencies from your project.)

Setup

• Initialize with uvx cruft create https://github.com/Carlovo/straight_to_the_money and fill in your project details.
• Validate the setup with uv run python -c "import straight_to_the_money; print(straight_to_the_money.hello())" (replace straight_to_the_money with your project name/slug).
• Optionally, pull in any dependencies with uv add some_lib_you_need

Workflow

• Format: uvx ruff format
• Test: uv run python -m unittest
• Build: uv build
• Document: uvx mkdocs build
• Publish: uv publish

Can it really be that simple? Well, eventually yes, but you will need to set up some connections and credentials still, of course. For a slightly more elaborate walkthrough on that, see the docs.

Still skeptical? See the about instead. Or, have a look at my kitchen sink project created with this template.