diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/src/orfeo_django_toolkit.egg-info/
+.idea/
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+recursive-include src/orfeo-django-toolkit/templates *
+recursive-include src/orfeo-django-toolkit/static *
+recursive-include src/orfeo-django-toolkit/templatetags *
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=69", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "orfeo-django-toolkit"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Reusable Django components and utilities"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.13"
+dependencies = [
+    "Django>=5.2",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"" = "src"}
+include-package-data = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]
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diff --git a/src/orfeo_django_toolkit/__init__.py b/src/orfeo_django_toolkit/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/orfeo_django_toolkit/apps.py b/src/orfeo_django_toolkit/apps.py
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+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class CharlesCoreConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "orfeo-django-toolkit"
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