macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cookiecutterlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install cookiecutter with Homebrew, apt, Nix, scoop, zypper
Utility that creates projects from templates. Version 2.7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install cookiecutter.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install cookiecutterDebian stable package indexes · cookiecutter · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cookiecutternixpkgs package indexes · cookiecutter · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install cookiecutter-docopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · cookiecutter-doc · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/cookiecutterScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/cookiecutter.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Utility that creates projects from templates
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cookiecutter
history
Project history and usage
Cookiecutter is a cross-platform project generator for creating source trees from templates. It became one of the standard Python-era answers to repeatable project scaffolding, but its templates can target many languages and markup formats.
Project history
The official repository was created in July 2013. The README credits Audrey M. Roy Greenfeld as creator and development lead, and describes the tool as a command-line utility for creating projects from cookiecutters, or project templates.
Adoption history
Cookiecutter spread through reusable Git-hosted templates, especially Python package templates such as `cookiecutter-pypackage`. Its package metadata in this batch records broad distribution across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Nix, Scoop, and openSUSE packaging channels.
How it is used
Users invoke Cookiecutter against a local template or a remote repository, answer prompts from `cookiecutter.json`, and receive a rendered project directory. Advanced usage includes hooks, replay data, default context, abbreviations for common hosts, and a per-user `~/.cookiecutterrc` file.
Why package nerds care
Cookiecutter matters to package maintainers because it normalized sharable scaffolds as packages and repositories, making packaging policy, test layout, license files, CI skeletons, and release boilerplate reproducible across many new projects.
Timeline
- 2013: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2013: Documentation copyright begins with Audrey M. Roy Greenfeld.
- 2013: User configuration support documented as new in Cookiecutter 0.7.
- 2016: Command-line `--config-file` support documented as new in Cookiecutter 1.3.
Related projects
- Official examples and README links point users to cookiecutter-pypackage, cookiecutter-django, cookiecutter-pytest-plugin, and other community templates.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cookiecutter. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.cookiecutterrc
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cookiecutter | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.7.1
manager updated2026-05-20
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cookiecutter |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.7.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter |
| Repository | https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter |
| Last updated | 2026-05-20T12:26:31Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
cookiecutter 2.6.0-2
create projects from project templates
https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
sudo apt install cookiecutter- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
Debian apt95%
python-cookiecutter-doc 2.6.0-2
create projects from project templates (documentation)
https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
sudo apt install python-cookiecutter-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: cookiecutter
- 3 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
Debian apt95%
python3-cookiecutter 2.6.0-2
create projects from project templates (Python 3 module)
https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
sudo apt install python3-cookiecutter- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: cookiecutter
- 10 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
Nix95%
cookiecutter
nix profile install nixpkgs#cookiecutter- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
Ubuntu apt95%
cookiecutter 2.6.0-1
create projects from project templates
https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
sudo apt install cookiecutter- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
Ubuntu apt95%
python-cookiecutter-doc 2.6.0-1
create projects from project templates (documentation)
https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
sudo apt install python-cookiecutter-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: cookiecutter
- 3 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
Ubuntu apt95%
python3-cookiecutter 2.6.0-1
create projects from project templates (Python 3 module)
https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
sudo apt install python3-cookiecutter- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: cookiecutter
- 10 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
zypper95%
cookiecutter-doc 2.6.0-4.4
Documentation files for cookiecutter
https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
sudo zypper install cookiecutter-doc- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: cookiecutter
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
zypper95%
python313-cookiecutter 2.6.0-4.4
A command-line utility that creates projects from project templates
https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
sudo zypper install python313-cookiecutter- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: cookiecutter
- 11 dependencies
- 5 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
zypper95%
python314-cookiecutter 2.6.0-4.4
A command-line utility that creates projects from project templates
https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
sudo zypper install python314-cookiecutter- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: cookiecutter
- 11 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
Scoop95%
extras/cookiecutter
scoop install extras/cookiecutter- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cookiecutter
source trail
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation