rodcli

making Nim development easier in the command-line

Pure Nim score 30/100 · tests present · docs generated

Summary

Latest Version Unknown
License MIT
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Last Indexed 2026-07-21 05:24

Tags

cli compile run command-line init project skeleton

Installation

nimble install rodcli
choosenim install rodcli
git clone https://github.com/jabbalaci/NimCliHelper

OS Compatibility

Platform Linux macOS Windows FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Android iOS WASM Embedded
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Source

Repository https://github.com/jabbalaci/NimCliHelper
Homepage https://github.com/jabbalaci/NimCliHelper
Documentation View Documentation
Registry Source nimble_official

README

RodCli: a Nim CLI Helper

Goal: make Nim development easier in the command-line

Help

$ rod
RodCli, a Nim CLI Helper v0.2.3
===============================
 option               what it does                                notes
--------    ----------------------------------    ----------------------------------------
init        bundles the indented 2 steps below    initialize a project folder ("rod init [name]")
  basic     create a basic source file            "rod basic [name]", where [name] is optional
  nimble    simplified nimble init                create a simple .nimble file
ed          edit .nimble                          edit the .nimble file
add         add dependency                        "rod add <pkg>" calls "nimble add <pkg>"
id          nimble install -d                     install dependencies (and nothing else)
                                                  (like `pip install -r requirements.txt`)
s                                                 compile, run, then delete the exe, i.e.
                                                  run it as if it were a script [alias: script]
ver         nim --version                         version info [aliases: v, version]
i                                                 interactive mode
h                                                 help

alap        create alap.nim                       "rod alap [name]", where [name] is optional
pykot       download pykot.nim                    a small Python/Kotlin -like library
make        create Makefile                       for easy compilation
gi          create .gitignore                     create the .gitignore file
jabba       alap+pykot+nimble+make+gi             Jabba's bundle

I suggest putting an alias on the binary rodcli. I use the alias rod.

Usage

Create a new project folder and initialize it:

$ rodcli init

It creates two files: * a simple skeleton for your source code called basic.nim * a simplified basic.nimble

Installation

$ nimble install rodcli

To install the latest development version, issue the following command:

$ nimble install "https://github.com/jabbalaci/NimCliHelper@#head"

With nimble uninstall rodcli you can remove the package.

Supported platforms

RodCli was tested under Linux and Windows. It might also run on Mac OS; I couldn't try it.

Windows support

RodCli works under Windows too.

For editing a file, Notepad++ is used. If you need this feature, then add the folder of Notepad++ to the PATH.