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Overview
Cookiecutter is a cross-platform CLI that defines inputs in cookiecutter.json and renders directories and files from Jinja templates. It can consume local directories, Git-hosted repositories, and other template sources, with pre/post generation hooks for additional setup.
Features and best fit
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Key features
Define project templates with cookiecutter.json and Jinja
Template authors declare variables and defaults in cookiecutter.json, then use Jinja expressions in directory names and file contents. Users answer prompts to generate a new project from the same structure.
Best fit
Fits teams that repeatedly create projects from a shared baseline
It works well for packages, services, infrastructure templates, and other workflows where directory layout, configuration, and boilerplate should start consistently.
Sources: [1]
Before adoption
Review remote templates and hooks before execution
Templates may contain pre/post generation scripts. Inspect the repository and hooks before running an untrusted remote template, or clone it locally first for review.
Sources: [1]
Official sources
- [1]Cookiecutter v2.7.1 README(2026-10-03)
- [2]Cookiecutter v2.7.1 usage guide(2026-10-03)
- [3]Cookiecutter v2.7.1 package metadata(2026-10-03)
- [4]Cookiecutter 2.7.1 release(2026-10-03)
Supplemental curator note
Cookiecutter helps teams standardize repeated project scaffolding without tying templates to one language. Review the source and hooks of remote templates before generating files because templates can run pre/post generation logic.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Verify the Cookiecutter 2.7.1 CLI
Run a pinned Cookiecutter version without changing a global installation.
uvx --from cookiecutter==2.7.1 cookiecutter --version - 2
Clone a sample template and inspect its hooks
Remote templates can execute pre/post generation hooks, so review the locally cloned source and hooks before generating files.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/audreyfeldroy/cookiecutter-pypackage.git && find cookiecutter-pypackage/hooks -maxdepth 1 -type f -print 2>/dev/null || true - 3
Generate a project from the reviewed local template
Answer the prompts to render the project skeleton. If the template contains hooks, they run during generation, so keep the review step in the workflow.
uvx --from cookiecutter==2.7.1 cookiecutter ./cookiecutter-pypackage
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GitHub Topics
- python
- cookiecutter
- Stars
- 25,127
- Forks
- 2,286
- Watchers
- 221
- Open issues
- 233
- Contributors
- 285
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- Primary language
- Python
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Repository last updated
- Apr 1, 2026
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