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Generate a Beautiful Folder Tree Visualization in Python

A Python utility that creates a visual tree of a directory structure, excluding common files, with configurable depth.

folder tree directory visualization

Python

import os
from pathlib import Path

class FolderTree:
    def __init__(self, root_path=".", ignore_list=None, max_depth=3):
        self.root = Path(root_path)
        self.ignore = set(ignore_list or [".git", "__pycache__", ".DS_Store"])
        self.max_depth = max_depth
        
    def generate(self):
        tree…

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