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🚀 Dennis the Forge v0.1.0 — First Public Release

Dennis the Forge is now officially public.

This is the first release of a deterministic codemod engine designed for Git-native projects and human-reviewable transformations.

Dennis is built around a simple idea: Transform code with plans, not magic.

🔥 What Dennis Is Dennis is a deterministic transformation engine that generates human-reviewable plans before applying changes.

You can:

• Generate a transformation plan
• Inspect it as JSON, CSV, XML, or HTML
• Validate it structurally
• Replay it safely
• Undo it deterministically

No black boxes. No hidden state. No irreversible migrations.

✨ Core Features (v0.1.0) 🧭 Deterministic Plans

• Stable canonical JSON format
• Schema-validated structure
• Diff-friendly ordering

🔁 Reversible by Design

• Plans are invertible
• Transformations can be undone

🔄 Format Roundtrips

• JSON ⇄ CSV
• JSON ⇄ XML (with XSD validation)

📦 Export Targets

• CSV for spreadsheets
• XML for structured workflows
• HTML for human review
• JS projections (for frameworks like Vite/React or similar, that rely, for instance, on i18n-compliant translations systems)

🧮 Canonical Hashing

• Stable SHA-256 hash of canonical plans
• Formatting-independent identity
• Foundation for distributed workflows

🌐 Push/Pull Forge Prototype

• Minimal hash-addressed plan storage
• Local-first synchronization model
• Early foundation for distributed workflows

⚡ Quick Example $>pipx install dennis

$>dennis plan ./your-project --dict en.json $>dennis export plan.json --csv plan.csv $>dennis rehydrate plan.csv --out restored.json $>dennis hash restored.json

Dennis guarantees structural stability across transformations.

🎯 Design Philosophy Dennis is built around a few core principles:

• Deterministic outputs
• File-first workflows
• CLI-first forever
• Human-in-the-loop safety
• No vendor lock-in

The canonical source of truth is always the plan file.

🌍 Origins

Dennis started as a tool for large-scale internationalization workflows — projects where thousands of string changes must be reviewed safely.

It has since evolved into a general-purpose deterministic transformation engine suitable for:

• Large refactors
• Migrations
• Codemods
• Auditable transformations
• High-trust environments

🛠 Project Status This is an early but stable release of the core forge. Solid today:

• Canonical plan format
• Deterministic hashing
• CLI workflows
• Roundtrip guarantees

Planned next:

• Visual forge UI
• Distributed plan registries
• Local-first sync tooling
• Optional SaaS layer (never required)

🔓 Open Source

Dennis is MIT licensed.

The CLI will always remain:

• Free
• Open source
• Fully functional offline

Future hosted features will remain optional.

❤️ A Note From the Author

Dennis is a long-term project built slowly, with a focus on clarity and trust. If you try it, break it, or build on top of it — I’d genuinely love to hear about it.

🔗 Links

Website: https://crevilla2050.github.io/dennis-forge/ Community: https://reddit.com/r/dennis_forge

Forged slowly. Built for trust. Dennis the Forge © Carlos Revilla