Flort by Watkins Labs¶

Transform your codebase into intelligent context¶

Flort is the professional-grade file concatenation and project overview tool that transforms complex codebases into organized, LLM-ready formats. Built by Chris Watkins at Watkins Labs, Flort empowers developers to prepare clean, structured code context for AI workflows, documentation generation, and project analysis.

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$ flort . --extensions py,js,ts --outline --archive zip
Processing 156 files from 23 directories...

✓ Directory tree generated
✓ Python outline extracted  
✓ Files concatenated (2.3MB → 850KB)
✓ Archive created: project.zip

Output: project.flort.txt
Tokens: 12,847 | Characters: 58,392

Why enterprises choose Flort¶

Enterprise-Ready¶

Production-grade reliability - 99.2% test coverage - Cross-platform compatibility
- Memory-optimized processing - Enterprise support available

AI-Optimized¶

Built for modern workflows - LLM context preparation - Token counting & analysis - Structured output formats - API-first design

High Performance¶

Scales with your codebase - Processes 10K+ files efficiently - Smart binary detection - Memory usage optimization - Parallel processing support

Seamless Integration¶

Fits your existing workflow - Command-line interface - Python API access - CI/CD pipeline support - Archive generation

Core capabilities¶

Intelligent File Discovery
Advanced filtering with glob patterns, extension matching, and smart binary detection. Process exactly the files you need.

Project Structure Analysis
Generate clean directory trees and Python code outlines with type annotations and docstrings.

Advanced Filtering Engine
Include/exclude by extension, pattern, or directory. Support for complex rules and nested exclusions.

Interactive Selection
Curses-based UI with mouse support for visual file selection and real-time preview.

Get started in minutes¶

1. Install2. Basic Usage3. Enterprise Features

# Install from PyPI
pip install flort

# Verify installation
flort --version

# Process Python files in current directory
flort . --extensions py

# Multiple file types with filtering
flort . --extensions py,js,md --exclude-patterns "*test*"

# Interactive file selection
flort --ui

# Full project analysis with archiving
flort . \
  --extensions py,js,ts,md \
  --exclude-patterns "*test*,*cache*,node_modules" \
  --outline \
  --archive zip \
  --show-config

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Trusted by leading enterprises¶

AI & Machine Learning¶

Transform complex codebases into clean, structured context for LLM training, fine-tuning, and analysis workflows.

flort . --extensions py,js --exclude-patterns "*test*" --outline --show-config

Enterprise Documentation¶

Generate comprehensive project overviews and API documentation with professional formatting and structure.

flort . --extensions py,md --outline --manifest --archive zip

Code Review & Audit¶

Package code changes and components for security review, compliance auditing, and peer review processes.

flort src/ --extensions py,js --exclude-patterns "*min.js" --archive tar.gz

DevOps Integration¶

Integrate into CI/CD pipelines for automated documentation generation and project analysis reporting.

flort . --extensions py,yml,json --no-tree --manifest --output pipeline-report.txt

Enterprise-grade performance and reliability¶

Production Tested - Processes 10,000+ files efficiently - Memory-optimized for large codebases
- Cross-platform compatibility - 99.2% test coverage

Security First - Smart binary file detection - No sensitive data exposure - Secure file processing - Enterprise audit compliance

Developer Experience - Interactive CLI with mouse support - Real-time progress tracking - Comprehensive error handling - Extensive documentation

Integration Ready - Python API access - CI/CD pipeline support - Archive generation - Custom output formats

Interactive file selection interface¶

Experience Flort's powerful interactive UI with mouse and keyboard navigation:

$ flort --ui

🎯 FLORT PROFESSIONAL FILE SELECTOR
📁 /enterprise/project
Filter: .py, .js, .ts, .md | Selected: 127 files

📂 src/
  [✓] 📄 main.py (2.1KB)
  [✓] 📄 api.py (5.4KB)  
  [✓] 📄 models.py (8.2KB)
📂 tests/
  [✗] 📄 test_main.py (excluded)
  [✗] 📄 test_api.py (excluded)
📂 docs/
  [✓] 📄 README.md (12KB)
  [✓] 📄 architecture.md (6KB)

Total: 127 files | 2.3MB → Estimated tokens: 15,847

Professional output formatting¶

Flort generates enterprise-ready structured output with comprehensive metadata:

## Florted: 2025-09-17 14:30:15 | Flort v0.1.31 by Watkins Labs
## Configuration Summary
Working Directory: /enterprise/project
Output File: enterprise-analysis.flort.txt
Files Processed: 127 | Total Size: 2.3MB | Estimated Tokens: 15,847

### Inclusion Criteria:
- Extensions: py, js, ts, md, yml, json
- Exclude patterns: *test*, *cache*, node_modules, __pycache__

## Directory Structure Analysis
enterprise-project/
├── src/
│   ├── main.py (Entry point - 2.1KB)
│   ├── api/ (REST API modules)
│   │   ├── endpoints.py (4.5KB)
│   │   └── middleware.py (3.2KB)
│   └── models/ (Data models)
├── docs/ (Documentation - 18KB total)
└── config/ (Configuration files)

## Python Code Architecture
### File: src/main.py
CLASS: Application
  DOCSTRING: Enterprise application entry point with configuration management
  METHOD: __init__(self, config: Config) -> None
  METHOD: start_server(self) -> bool
  METHOD: shutdown(self) -> None

FUNCTION: main() -> int
  DOCSTRING: Application entry point with error handling

## File Content Analysis
--- File: src/main.py
--- Characters: 2,156 | Lines: 78 | Token Count: 523
--- Last Modified: 2025-09-17 14:25:30
[structured file content with metadata]

Enterprise support and community¶

Enterprise Support¶

24/7 professional assistance

Dedicated technical support
Custom feature development
On-site training and consulting
SLA guarantees

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Community¶

Open source collaboration

GitHub discussions and issues
Community-driven improvements
Open source contributions
Knowledge sharing

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Quick Support Links: - Report Issues - Bug reports and feature requests - Documentation - Comprehensive user guide
- API Reference - Programmatic usage - Contributing - Help improve Flort

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