It might not be magic, but sounds a lot like zc.buildout? http://docs.buildout.org/en/latest/ http://docs.buildout.org/en/latest/ Personally, I lean towards s

It might not be magic, but sounds a lot like zc.buildout? http://docs.buildout.org/en/latest/ http://docs.buildout.org/en/latest/ Personally, I lean towards small, simple projects that are well-served by virtualenv - but for large, complex projects I think a tool like buildout will remain necessary.