Py-ECM (Python Enterprise Content Manager)

CLI-based enterprise content management system demonstrating production-grade software architecture and ECM domain knowledge.

🎯 Project Vision

Current Phase: Pure Python CLI implementation Future Phases: Web interface → Full-stack platform

This project showcases understanding of enterprise content management systems through iterative development - starting with core business logic in a CLI, then progressively adding web interfaces and advanced features.

Project Status

Version: 0.1.0 (Active Development - CLI Foundations) This project is under active development Current Focus: Building robust file operations and metadata management via command-line interface.

Planned Features and Roadmap

Phase 1: CLI Foundation

• Professional Python package structure
• CLI framework with Typer
• File CRUD operations with pathlib (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
• Metadata tracking and tagging system
• Version control for content items
• Permission and audit logging
• Search and filter capabilities
• Workflow state management

Phase 2: Data Layer

• SQLite integration for metadata persistence
• Full-text search capabilities
• Analytics and reporting
• Automated retention policies

Phase 3: Web Interface

• Flask/FastAPI REST API
• Lightweight frontend with HTMX
• Document preview capabilities
• User dashboard

Phase 4: Advanced Features

• Real-time collaboration
• Visual workflow designer
• Advanced analytics
• Production deployment

Tecnology Stack

Core (Phase 1):

• Python 3.10+ with type hints
• Typer - Professional CLI framework
• pathlib - Cross-platform path handling
• SQLAlchemy - Database ORM (planned)

Testing & Quality:

• pytest - Unit testing
• Coverage.py - Code coverage
• Black - Code formatting

Future Stack:

• Flask/FastAPI - Web framework
• PostgreSQL - Production database
• React - Modern frontend (stretch goal)

Installation (Coming Soon)

# Once published to PyPI
pip install py-ecm

# Development installation
git clone https://github.com/azya404/Py-ECM.git
cd Py-ECM
pip install -e .

Usage (Preview)

# Check version
py-ecm version

# More commands coming soon... (here's a sneak peak)
# py-ecm create document.txt --tags project,urgent
# py-ecm list --filter status=pending
# py-ecm workflow start approval --document doc.txt

Contributing

Feedback welcome via issues or azya404@users.noreply.github.com

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details