Jumpstart your coding projects — across multiple languages, with zero setup friction.

Kick Start++ is a lightweight tool that automates boilerplate creation, structure setup, and build script generation for new coding projects — so you can focus on writing code, not configuration.

Whether you're starting in C, C++, Java, Python, or Rust, Kick Start++ gives you a clean, ready-to-run foundation in seconds.

• 🔧 Multi-Language Templates
  Prebuilt templates for C, C++, Java, Python, Rust, and more.

• 🛠 Build Script Generator
  Generates Makefile, setup.py, or batch/shell scripts automatically.

• 📦 Library Manager
  Handles libs/ folder, fetches dependencies, and tracks them via .json metadata.

• 🧱 Scaffolded Project Structure
  Each project includes:

  /src        → main source file
  /build      → compiled binaries
  libs/       → managed dependencies
  .gitignore
  README.md
  

• 📄 File Headers
  Author, license, and version comments auto-added to main files.

• 🧠 Compiler Detection
  Checks if compilers are installed; provides install links if not.

• 🔌 Custom Templates & Licenses
  Easily create and share your own reusable templates.

• 🧰 Git Integration
  Auto-inits a Git repo, creates first commit, and links to remotes.

• ⚙ Config Files

• project.json — project metadata (portable across GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket)

• package.json — Node-style dependencies and metadata

⚠️ Warning: Some templates are incomplete. Please refer to working lang.json files as examples.

git clone https://github.com/KingVentrix007/KickStart.git
cd KickStart

make        # Builds debug version into /tests
make run    # Runs the debug version

make build  # Builds release version
./kpm <init|template|install|run|build|langs|count> [package]

Follow the interactive prompts and you’re good to go.

📖 Need help? See the Wiki

Planned features:

• ✅ Custom template & license support
• 🔄 Revamped library builder
• 🧰 Cross-language build runner (like npx)
• 🐞 Debugger integrations for GDB, LLDB, PDB, etc.
• 📦 OS/Web/Chat project templates

See ROADMAP.md for full list.

• ./kpm install only works for C and package-managed languages.
• Templates for some languages are incomplete.
• Only basic validation currently; more error handling in future releases.

Contributions, feature requests, and bug reports are welcome! Please see the CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Kick Start++ — Build the base. Ship the future.