# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:cookiecutter ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cookiecutter ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install cookiecutter ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cookiecutter from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cookiecutter ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: cookiecutter from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install cookiecutter-doc ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cookiecutter-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/cookiecutter ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cookiecutter.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cookiecutter - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.7.1 - **Source summary:** Utility that creates projects from templates - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-20T12:26:31Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - cookiecutter (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 2.7.1 ## 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 Notes 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. ## 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 - Unix: ~/.cookiecutterrc ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - cookiecutter - 2.6.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cookiecutter from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | create projects from project templates | https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter - Debian apt - python-cookiecutter-doc - 2.6.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python-cookiecutter-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | create projects from project templates (documentation) | https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter - Debian apt - python3-cookiecutter - 2.6.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-cookiecutter from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | create projects from project templates (Python 3 module) | https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter - Nix - cookiecutter: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: cookiecutter from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - cookiecutter - 2.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cookiecutter from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | create projects from project templates | https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter - Ubuntu apt - python-cookiecutter-doc - 2.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python-cookiecutter-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | create projects from project templates (documentation) | https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter - Ubuntu apt - python3-cookiecutter - 2.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-cookiecutter from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | create projects from project templates (Python 3 module) | https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter - zypper - cookiecutter-doc - 2.6.0-4.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cookiecutter-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Documentation files for cookiecutter | https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter - zypper - python313-cookiecutter - 2.6.0-4.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python313-cookiecutter from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A command-line utility that creates projects from project templates | https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter - zypper - python314-cookiecutter - 2.6.0-4.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: python314-cookiecutter from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A command-line utility that creates projects from project templates | https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter - Scoop - extras/cookiecutter: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cookiecutter.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cookiecutter.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cookiecutter.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph