Create the folders.
Set up src/ and tests/.
Initialize Git.
Create the virtual environment.
Install dependencies.
Set up Ruff, pytest, Docker, CI…
And then finally, after all that:
start actually building the project. 😭
So I built Spawn.
It’s an open-source Python CLI that turns project setup into a single flow:
pip install spawnio
spawn create
You can choose what you’re building, pick the framework and extras you need, and Spawn generates the project foundation for you.
It currently supports things like:
🐍 Backend APIs
🤖 AI Chatbots & Agents
📚 RAG systems
📊 Data projects
🔧 CLI applications
🔌 MCP servers
📁 Custom project structures
It also handles Git, uv, dependencies, dev tooling, and more.
I’m putting this out because I don’t want Spawn to just be my idea of a useful developer tool.
I want to know what developers actually want from it.
What’s the repetitive setup step you hate doing when starting a new project?
I’m listening. 👀