High-velocity environment scaffolding

Launch faster. Drift less.

Protostar bootstraps development environments with a manifest-first, non-destructive architecture designed for speed, clarity, and low entropy.

First light¶

Protostar is a modular CLI for initializing repositories and generating repeatable boilerplate. It is designed to automate environment setup while staying out of your way.

Manifest-first

State is declared before side effects execute, reducing partial failures and setup drift.

Non-destructive

Existing files are respected, merged carefully, or left untouched when collisions occur.

Actionable telemetry

Errors surface clearly, with useful diagnostics instead of opaque setup failures.

Launch sequence¶

mkdir orbital-mechanics-sim
cd orbital-mechanics-sim
protostar init --python --scientific --pytest --markdownlint

Headless Scaffolding

This initializes a working environment quickly while preserving explicit control over tools and context.

Flight paths¶

Head to Getting Started to get Protostar onto your system.
Use Environment Initialization to learn the init workflow.
Read Mechanics: Executor to see how Protostar safely merges a pyproject.toml without breaking existing keys or stripping your comments
Visit Mission Control for architecture, philosophy, and advanced guidance.