diff --git a/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/environment.yml
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+---
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/modules/environment-schema.json
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - bioconda
+dependencies:
+  - conda-forge::pip=25.3
+  - conda-forge::python=3.12.13
+  - pip:
+      - dds-cli==2.14.3
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/main.nf
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index 000000000000..8b18a79a2b2e
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+process DDS_CREATEPROJECT {
+    label 'process_single'
+
+    conda "${moduleDir}/environment.yml"
+    container "${ workflow.containerEngine in ['singularity', 'apptainer'] && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
+        'https://community-cr-prod.seqera.io/docker/registry/v2/blobs/sha256/73/7352a40103ce629fbc72986922a68e8f9cc35630b89ee836a0c03dfd676f2341/data':
+        'community.wave.seqera.io/library/pip_python_dds-cli:4a7daeb54b4c7a8c' }"
+
+    input:
+    val title
+    val description
+    val pi
+    path token_file
+
+    output:
+    path 'output.log', emit: log
+    tuple val("${task.process}"), val('dds'), eval("dds --version | sed 's/.*version //'"), topic: versions, emit: versions_dds
+
+    when:
+    task.ext.when == null || task.ext.when
+
+    script:
+    def args = task.ext.args ?: ''
+
+    """
+    # dds requires 600 permissions on the token file; copy first since Nextflow stages inputs as symlinks
+    cp $token_file token.conf
+    chmod 600 token.conf
+    dds --token-path token.conf project create --title "$title" --description "$description" --principal-investigator "$pi" > output.log
+    """
+
+    stub:
+    def args = task.ext.args ?: ''
+
+    """
+    touch output.log
+    """
+}
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/meta.yml
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index 000000000000..985ebd55732b
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+++ b/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/meta.yml
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+---
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/modules/meta-schema.json
+name: "dds_createproject"
+description: This module is used to create a project on the SciLifeLab Data
+  Delivery System (DDS).
+keywords:
+  - DDS
+  - SciLifeLab
+  - data delivery
+tools:
+  - "dds":
+      description: "The Data Delivery System (DDS) is a cloud-based system for the delivery
+        of data from SciLifeLab platforms to their users."
+      homepage: "https://delivery.scilifelab.se"
+      documentation: "https://scilifelabdatacentre.github.io/dds_cli/"
+      tool_dev_url: "https://github.com/ScilifelabDataCentre/dds_cli"
+      licence:
+        - "MIT"
+      identifier: ""
+input:
+  - title:
+      type: string
+      description: The title of the project.
+  - description:
+      type: string
+      description: A description of the project.
+  - pi:
+      type: string
+      description: Email of the Principal Investigator.
+  - token_file:
+      type: file
+      description: Path to a DDS CLI token file (created via `dds auth`). Must be
+        readable by the pipeline user.
+      ontologies: []
+output:
+  versions_dds:
+    - - ${task.process}:
+          type: string
+          description: The name of the process
+      - dds:
+          type: string
+          description: The name of the tool
+      - dds --version | sed 's/.*version //':
+          type: eval
+          description: The expression to obtain the version of the tool
+  log:
+    - output.log:
+        type: file
+        description: File containing the projectID of the project created.
+        ontologies: []
+topics:
+  versions:
+    - - ${task.process}:
+          type: string
+          description: The name of the process
+      - dds:
+          type: string
+          description: The name of the tool
+      - dds --version | sed 's/.*version //':
+          type: eval
+          description: The expression to obtain the version of the tool
+authors:
+  - "@annaasklof"
+  - "@mashehu"
+maintainers:
+  - "@annaasklof"
+containers:
+  docker:
+    linux/amd64:
+      name: community.wave.seqera.io/library/pip_python_dds-cli:4a7daeb54b4c7a8c
+      build_id: bd-4a7daeb54b4c7a8c_1
+      scan_id: sc-175817d0c023f7c1_1
+    linux/arm64:
+      name: community.wave.seqera.io/library/pip_python_dds-cli:ab6efd1ed8af3fea
+      build_id: bd-ab6efd1ed8af3fea_1
+      scan_id: sc-af3babfa6db44fcc_1
+  singularity:
+    linux/amd64:
+      name: oras://community.wave.seqera.io/library/pip_python_dds-cli:a1d1c0e2a13b5df4
+      build_id: bd-a1d1c0e2a13b5df4_1
+      https: https://community-cr-prod.seqera.io/docker/registry/v2/blobs/sha256/73/7352a40103ce629fbc72986922a68e8f9cc35630b89ee836a0c03dfd676f2341/data
+    linux/arm64:
+      name: oras://community.wave.seqera.io/library/pip_python_dds-cli:6f4fcdba4a36c4ed
+      build_id: bd-6f4fcdba4a36c4ed_1
+      https: https://community-cr-prod.seqera.io/docker/registry/v2/blobs/sha256/09/098a7aae2590da026a7b3f0e087492a2c10378a7f3e34f9dc8b80f9281555dd5/data
+  conda:
+    linux/amd64:
+      lock_file: modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/.conda-lock/linux_amd64-bd-4a7daeb54b4c7a8c_1.txt
+    linux/arm64:
+      lock_file: modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/.conda-lock/linux_arm64-bd-ab6efd1ed8af3fea_1.txt
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/tests/main.nf.test b/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/tests/main.nf.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ed066580171
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+++ b/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/tests/main.nf.test
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+nextflow_process {
+
+    name "Test Process DDS_CREATEPROJECT"
+    script "../main.nf"
+    process "DDS_CREATEPROJECT"
+
+    tag "modules"
+    tag "modules_nfcore"
+    tag "dds"
+    tag "dds/createproject"
+
+    test("dds/createproject - stub") {
+
+        options "-stub"
+
+        when {
+            process {
+                """
+                input[0] = "Test title"
+                input[1] = "Test description"
+                input[2] = "test-pi@mail.com"
+                input[3] = file(params.modules_testdata_base_path + 'generic/txt/hello.txt')
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert process.success },
+                { assert snapshot(sanitizeOutput(process.out)).match()}
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/tests/main.nf.test.snap b/modules/nf-core/dds/createproject/tests/main.nf.test.snap
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index 000000000000..3f27bd1a918c
--- /dev/null
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+{
+    "dds/createproject - stub": {
+        "content": [
+            {
+                "log": [
+                    "output.log:md5,d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"
+                ],
+                "versions_dds": [
+                    [
+                        "DDS_CREATEPROJECT",
+                        "dds",
+                        "2.14.3"
+                    ]
+                ]
+            }
+        ],
+        "timestamp": "2026-06-26T14:21:53.921262",
+        "meta": {
+            "nf-test": "0.9.5",
+            "nextflow": "26.04.4"
+        }
+    }
+}
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