---
name: "tox-quickstart"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tox"
version: "3.28.0-2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tox-quickstart"
---

# tox-quickstart(1)

generate a tox config file for a Python project

## NAME

tox-quickstart - generate a tox config file for a Python project

## SYNOPSIS

**tox-quickstart** \[*root*\]

## DESCRIPTION

tox-quickstart is helper to quickly generate a *tox* config file for a given Python project.

## OPTIONS

- **root**

  Custom root directory to write config to. Defaults to current directory.

## SEE ALSO

[**tox**(1)](/tox/1.md)