A command-line utility that creates projects from project templates. Renders a directory of Jinja2 templates to files.
- Documentation: http://cookiecutter.rtfd.org
- GitHub: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
- Free software: BSD license
- PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cookiecutter
- Works with any type of text file.
- Directory names and filenames can be templated.
Diecutter: an API service that will give you back a configuration file from a template and variables. https://github.com/novagile/diecutter
The similarity in name/functionality is a total coincidence that happened independently (subconsciously!). They presented a fantastic poster at EuroPython 2013 :)
Paste has a create option that creates a skeleton project: http://pythonpaste.org/script/#paster-create
Django's startproject and startapp commands can take in a --template option: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/django-admin/#django-admin-startproject