Project Template

This is a template for software and other types of projects. Use it as a starting point to quickly set up your own project with a standardized structure, build process, and development workflow.

To begin:

1. Change project_name in Makefile, .dockerignore, and .gitignore
2. Configure repository files in .github/ directory
3. Update LICENSE and all mentions of it (grep LICENSE)
4. Update contact information and email addresses (grep @example.com)
5. Edit this README and replace all <...> placeholders
6. Start your project

Note: Project name must only contain ASCII lowercase letters, digits, periods, and hyphens. It must start with a letter, must not end with a period nor hyphen, and must not contain two adjacent periods nor hyphens.

Regex: [a-z]([-.]?[0-9a-z]+)*

Rationale: This is the most portable naming convention that is also human and machine friendly.

• It is compatible with most character sets and encodings: ASCII, Unicode, UTF-8, base64-url
• It is case-insensitive
• It can be used as a filename on most filesystems It is compatible with POSIX portable filename character set
• It is URL-safe
• It is compatible with docker image naming convention
• It is compatible with make, shell, markdown, and other programming and markup languages. No spaces, or any special characters which could be problematic to handle
• It can be used as an identifier in programming languages. May only require changing a hyphen ('-') to an underscore ('_')

Installation

Download pre-compiled binary package. See changelog for details.

Build and Install from Source

1. Install build dependencies (these can be removed after build)

   • make

2. Install runtime dependencies

   • sh

3. Download and extract source code

   # packages available also in .tar.zst and .zip formats
   curl -LO https://<URL>/<PKGNAME>/download/<PKGNAME>.src.tar.gz
   tar -xzf <PKGNAME>.src.tar.gz
   

4. Build and install

   cd <PKGNAME>
   make
   make install
   

Run Using Docker

docker pull <REGISTRY>/<PKGNAME>
docker run -it --rm <REGISTRY>/<PKGNAME>

Quick Start

Basic configuration. Usage examples.

See documentation for details.

Why?

Why use this software? Comparison with other similar projects.

How It Works?

How does it work?

Development

1. Install required dependencies

   • sh
   • make
   • git

2. Install optional dependencies

   • docker: Build docker image

3. Clone repository

   git clone --recurse-submodules https://<URL>/<PKGNAME>.git
   

4. Configure make

5. Run project in development mode

   make dev
   

See documentation for details.

Questions

Before asking a question, check out documentation and issues labeled "question".

Cannot find answer you are looking for? Submit an issue or write an email to questions@example.com.

Contributing

Found a security vulnerability? Read security policy.

Found a bug? Missing a feature? Want to help? Read contribution guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license.