Installation

Prerequisites

Requirement	Why
Python 3.11+	The runtime
Node.js 22+	Vite 7 build tooling and Tailwind CSS
pipx	Installing the Feather CLI globally

Requirement	Why
SQLite	Works out of the box, no setup

Auth, multi-tenant, background jobs.

Requirement	Why
PostgreSQL	Required for multi-tenant apps, recommended for anything with auth
Google Cloud credentials	OAuth. The free tier is enough
Redis (optional)	Distributed caching and persistent job queues
Google Cloud Storage (optional)	File uploads in production
Resend (optional)	Transactional email

Install the CLI

pip install feather-framework

brew install pipx && pipx ensurepath   # if you don't have pipx
pipx install feather-framework

git clone https://github.com/RolandFlyBoy/Feather.git
cd Feather
pipx install -e .
feather test --framework

That is everything feather new needs. You can run it from any directory.

Extras and reproducible builds

The generated project’s requirements.txt names the extras your answers enabled, pinned to the version that generated it:

requirements.txt

feather-framework[postgres,redis,prod,test]==0.9.32

Importing a feature whose extra is missing raises an error naming the install command to run, rather than an import traceback.

Next: create your first app

Scaffold a project, run the migrations and start the dev server.