newt

A simple, effective project creation tool, written in Rust using cursive.

Features

• Multi-language project creation

  Language	Package manager
  Rust	Cargo
  Go	Go modules
  Python	Uv, Poetry, Pip

• Optional git initialization: check a box and the new project is initialized as a git repository (git init).

• Creates projects where you are: new projects are created inside the directory you launched the tool from, and the final dialog shows you the exact path.

Requirements

• cargo (required, both to install spawn and to create Rust projects; comes with the Rust toolchain)
• Go if you create Go projects
• uv and Python 3 if you create Python projects
• git if you enable git initialization

Installation & Usage

Install with cargo:

cargo install --git https://github.com/wazzydotdev/newt

Then run it from the directory where you want your new project:

newt

Tip: run the binary from the directory where you want the new project to live. Projects are created relative to your current working directory.

Project structure

spawn/
├── Cargo.toml        # Crate manifest — cursive, crossterm, color-eyre
└── src/
    └── main.rs       # Entire application: TUI + scaffolding logic