Cookiecutter Template Generator

Generates project scaffolding using the Cookiecutter CLI with Jinja2 templating. Supports custom template registries, post-generation hooks via Python scripts, and integration with the GitHub template repository API.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• uv tool install cookiecutter
• If you plan to use Cookiecutter programmatically, please run uv add cookiecutter to add it to your project. Then you can import and use it like this:

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

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• Create projects swiftly from cookiecutters (project templates) with this command-line utility. Ideal for generating Python package projects and more.
• User-Friendly: No Python knowledge required.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Features

• Cross-Platform: Supports Windows, Mac, and Linux.

• Multi-Language Support: Use templates in any language or markup format.

• Source: https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/HEAD/README.md

Source

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