# \#project

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## [jEMach - tmux/nvim tool for REPL assistance](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jemach-tmux-nvim-tool-for-repl-assistance/137615)

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**Author:** [@kitajusSus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kitajusSus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/jemach-tmux-nvim-tool-for-repl-assistance/137615 "2026-06-14T10:53:25Z")

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A few months ago I started working on a tool that helps me remember variables/structures/functions I’ve created in the Julia REPL. After some suggestions from Reddit and a change in my workflow, because now I’m using tmu…

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## [PackageCompiler create\_app cannot find project, but create\_sysimage can](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-create-app-cannot-find-project-but-create-sysimage-can/133152)

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**Author:** [@oscarvdvelde](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oscarvdvelde)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-create-app-cannot-find-project-but-create-sysimage-can/133152 "2025-10-14T19:10:10Z")

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I am trying to compile my visualization app for the first time using PackageCompiler. For this I first needed to make a properly generated Project with a module that holds the functions. I have also placed the Makie GUI…

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## [Building a Julia-Powered E-Ink Dashboard: A Dev Log](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/building-a-julia-powered-e-ink-dashboard-a-dev-log/130709)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/building-a-julia-powered-e-ink-dashboard-a-dev-log/130709 "2025-08-18T19:18:12Z")

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Every great journey starts with a single step. :man\_mage: In the spirit of open source, adventure, and fun, I am making an on-going development log here about building a Julia-powered e-ink dashboard ran on a Raspberr…

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## [How to add information of unregistered packages on Project.toml instead of Manifest.toml?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-information-of-unregistered-packages-on-project-toml-instead-of-manifest-toml/114773)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-information-of-unregistered-packages-on-project-toml-instead-of-manifest-toml/114773 "2025-07-23T12:02:53Z")

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Hi, I am working on a set of packages that I don’t want yet to register. The issue is that when I add one as a dependency of another one, like add git@github.com:forestmod/GenFSM\_resources.jl.git in the environment of G…

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## [Feature request: --project=@script\_dir](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/feature-request-project-script-dir/124828)

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**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/feature-request-project-script-dir/124828 "2025-01-16T16:14:56Z")

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I’d like to run a command like julia --project=@script\_dir long/path/to/my/package/src/script.jl rather than what I currently have to use, where the path is repeated verbatim julia --project=long/path/to/my/package lo…

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## [Two activation methods differ on results](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/two-activation-methods-differ-on-results/124386)

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**Author:** [@Ken\_Williams](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ken_Williams)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/two-activation-methods-differ-on-results/124386 "2025-01-06T16:27:04Z")

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When activating projects, I’m seeing some different results for a couple of methods I thought were supposed to be essentially the same. This runs fine: % julia --project=examples -e 'using MyProj' jul…

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## [Northeastern University: Looking for Research Projects for Student Teams!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/northeastern-university-looking-for-research-projects-for-student-teams/114880)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/northeastern-university-looking-for-research-projects-for-student-teams/114880 "2024-06-26T17:52:37Z")

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Hello everyone :wave: I have some very exciting news to share for the Julia Community! After discussion with Northeastern University, I am pleased to share that we have the opportunity to bring in Julia-related project…

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## [Understanding Pkg.add() and Environments](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-pkg-add-and-environments/112313)

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**Author:** [@JacobC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JacobC)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-pkg-add-and-environments/112313 "2024-03-31T07:25:06Z")

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TLDR: When I add a package Julia installs the package and any dependencies (expected), then it says Precompiling project and appears to go through every package that I have ever used and spends a lot of time compiling ev…

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## [Code organization of a project with multiple simultaneously developed packages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/code-organization-of-a-project-with-multiple-simultaneously-developed-packages/102447)

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**Author:** [@Neodym](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Neodym)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/code-organization-of-a-project-with-multiple-simultaneously-developed-packages/102447 "2023-08-03T14:59:48Z")

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Hi, I’m developing a project that consists of multiple packages and some code that uses those packages. The packages will not be published in the Julia registry as it is a purely personal / learning project. Is there …

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## [Locally building docs complains that the parent package does not have a dependency](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/locally-building-docs-complains-that-the-parent-package-does-not-have-a-dependency/101468)

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**Author:** [@kapple](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kapple)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/locally-building-docs-complains-that-the-parent-package-does-not-have-a-dependency/101468 "2023-07-13T13:27:36Z")

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I have a local MyPackage project, with a docs subdirectory. Both were initially created by PkgTemplates.jl. Before Pkg.adding dependencies to MyPackage, I tested the docs build process with Documenter.jl in Powershell w…

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## [Documenter.jl expects my local project to be registered](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-expects-my-local-project-to-be-registered/101437)

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**Author:** [@kapple](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kapple)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-expects-my-local-project-to-be-registered/101437 "2023-07-11T02:35:20Z")

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I have a local project, say MyProject. It has a docs directory with its own Project.toml file, which contains \[deps\] Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4" MyProject = "\<UUID\>" Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-…

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## [How can I structure a project in multiple modules and have code run in them?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-structure-a-project-in-multiple-modules-and-have-code-run-in-them/100286)

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**Author:** [@bertulli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bertulli)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-structure-a-project-in-multiple-modules-and-have-code-run-in-them/100286 "2023-06-15T10:05:51Z")

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Hi all! Sorry this is probably noobish but I couldn’t figure it out easily from the docs/Google. I’m developing a small project for my thesis. I generated a project structure (src/, Project.toml and Manifest.toml), and …

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## [Help. New to Julia. Error using dev command](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-new-to-julia-error-using-dev-command/95950)

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**Author:** [@armel3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/armel3)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-new-to-julia-error-using-dev-command/95950 "2023-03-17T16:59:39Z")

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So I am trying to use replicate an example Dubin’s car problem (source:Danylo Malyuta Research Works) based on the SCP toolbox on github but I keep getting errors and I have been struggling to find the solution. Here is …

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## [One project multiple programs connected by ZMQ how to set up in Pkg](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/one-project-multiple-programs-connected-by-zmq-how-to-set-up-in-pkg/94090)

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**Author:** [@1153dent](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/1153dent)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/one-project-multiple-programs-connected-by-zmq-how-to-set-up-in-pkg/94090 "2023-02-12T22:35:56Z")

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I’m starting a new project and DETERMINED to learn from my past adventures in Julia (FUN). I am setting up modules and projects BUT can’t figure out how to cater for the situation where two programs communicate with a t…

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## [Link Project.toml files (or make /test/Prokect.toml depend on main package one)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-project-toml-files-or-make-test-prokect-toml-depend-on-main-package-one/93223)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-project-toml-files-or-make-test-prokect-toml-depend-on-main-package-one/93223 "2023-01-21T00:00:33Z")

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I have a julia project that has a Project.toml file setting its dependencies. It also have a set of tests, for which I have a Project.toml file setting some additional dependencies that are needed for the tests only (lik…

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## [When activating the environment won't work](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-activating-the-environment-wont-work/92893)

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**Author:** [@Hugo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hugo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-activating-the-environment-wont-work/92893 "2023-01-12T20:44:52Z")

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I am working on a project using VSCode as my IDE. I created a project once, and since then I have been activating the its environment every time I work on that project. I usually have no problems with it, but today I’m …

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## [VCS Julia Formatter error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vcs-julia-formatter-error/91943)

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**Author:** [@pjgorski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pjgorski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vcs-julia-formatter-error/91943 "2022-12-21T14:31:20Z")

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Hi! 6 weeks ago everything was working fine. I came back to one of my projects. Before doing anything, I had 3 uncommitted changes: a change in todo.txt file, new pdf file, change in jupyter file. I committed the change…

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## [Canonical way to check if a project is a package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/canonical-way-to-check-if-a-project-is-a-package/90827)

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**Author:** [@grahamas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/grahamas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/canonical-way-to-check-if-a-project-is-a-package/90827 "2022-12-05T23:11:49Z")

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I’m trying to write some code to detect if a Project.toml defines a package or not (making a better error output in this issue Requesting better error message for non-packages · Issue #60 · GunnarFarneback/LocalRegistry.…

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## [Projects, environments: workflow questions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/projects-environments-workflow-questions/86720)

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**Author:** [@jdm204](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jdm204)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/projects-environments-workflow-questions/86720 "2022-09-03T15:12:28Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to understand the Julia ‘best practices’ around projects/environments with Pkg. First, are ‘project’ and ‘environment’ synonymous in Julia? Second, since I’ve separated my packages into environments …

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## [The following package names could not be resolved: in manifest but not in project](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-following-package-names-could-not-be-resolved-in-manifest-but-not-in-project/86509)

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**Author:** [@Xavier\_Gonzalez](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xavier_Gonzalez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-following-package-names-could-not-be-resolved-in-manifest-but-not-in-project/86509 "2022-08-29T18:42:05Z")

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I am getting weird errors with ChainRules in Julia 1.8 To try to fix the problem, I went into the package manager for my project, and tried both rm ChainRules and rm Zygote. Both times I got the following error message: …

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## [Distinguishing projects from packages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distinguishing-projects-from-packages/153)

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**Author:** [@djsegal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djsegal)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distinguishing-projects-from-packages/153 "2018-03-23T19:31:05Z")

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old title: "Extending PkgDev.jl to Project Generation" edit: the title was changed to reflect what gets discussed. however this starting post (below) remains unedited to highlight the question that provoked it From P…