Paimon 🌟

Your sneaky code companion CLI — browse and copy boilerplate code right into your working directory.

Install

Using Winget

winget install Ammaar.Paimon

Using Scoop

scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AMMAAR-IC/paimon/main/paimon.json

Using NPM

npm install -g paimon-npm

Usage

paimon --code -ls

Controls:

• Arrow keys / h,j,k,l: Navigate the list
• ENTER / l: Open a folder or copy a file to the current directory
• Backspace / h / ←: Go back to the previous directory
• c: Copy the selected file/folder without entering (NPM version)
• q / ESC: Quit the application

Adding your own codes

Just drop files/folders into the codes/ directory and rebuild:

cargo build --release

The codes are embedded inside the .exe at compile time — no internet, no Python, nothing extra needed.

Publish to Winget

1. Fork microsoft/winget-pkgs
2. Add your manifests under manifests/a/Ammaar/Paimon/0.2.0/
3. Open a PR — Microsoft bot auto-validates it
4. Once merged: winget install Ammaar.Paimon works for everyone

Project structure

paimon/
├── src/
│   └── main.rs        ← TUI navigator + copy logic
├── codes/             ← Embedded snippets directory
│   └── plan-a/        ← Android practicals/boilerplates
├── paimon-npm/        ← Node.js wrapper/implementation
└── Cargo.toml         ← Rust project config