https://github.com/tamdaz/crygen

A library that allows to generate the Crystal code
https://github.com/tamdaz/crygen

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A library that allows to generate the Crystal code

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tamdaz/crygen
• Owner: tamdaz
• License: mit
• Created: 2025-01-16T22:11:46.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-12-30T18:05:53.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-02T04:56:39.042Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: code-generator, crystal, nette
• Language: Crystal
• Homepage: https://tamdaz.github.io/crygen/
• Size: 924 KB
• Stars: 12
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# crygen

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**crygen** is a library that allows to generate a Crystal file. It is inspired by the PHP

library : [nette/php-generator](https://github.com/nette/php-generator).

- Crygen documentation: https://tamdaz.github.io/crygen/

- API documentation: https://crystaldoc.info/github/tamdaz/crygen/main/index.html

## Installation

1. Add the dependency to your `shard.yml`:

```yaml

dependencies:

  crygen:

    github: tamdaz/crygen

    version: ~> 1.3.0

```

2. Run `shards install`

3. Finally, import `crygen` from the entrypoint file:

```cr

require "crygen"

module App

  VERSION = "1.0.0"

  class_type = CGT::Class.new("MyClass")

  method_type = CGT::Method.new("my_method", "String")

  class_type.add_method(method_type)

  puts class_type.generate

  # or

  puts class_type

  # Output:

  # class MyClass

  #   def my_method : String

  #   end

  # end

  # You can save the generated code into the .cr file.

  File.write("src/classes/my_class.cr", class_type)

end

```

## Contributing

1. Fork it ()

2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)

3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)

4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)

5. Create a new Pull Request

## Contributors