macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install stencillocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install stencil with Homebrew, winget
Modern living-template engine for evolving repositories. Version 2.18.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with winget: winget install --id rgst-io.stencil -e.
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Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id rgst-io.stencil -eWindows Package Manager source index · rgst-io.stencil · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Modern living-template engine for evolving repositories
Project links
Commands and aliases
- stencil
history
Project history and usage
Stencil is a living-template engine for managing repositories after their initial creation. It reapplies versioned template modules while preserving user-owned extension blocks, allowing fleets of repositories to evolve together.
Project history
Developers at Outreach created the precursor in 2020 under the name `bootstrap` while decomposing a monolith into many microservices. Basic one-time templates proved insufficient once generated projects began to diverge, leading the team to introduce explicit blocks for user-maintained code.
The developers then rebuilt the idea as Stencil, designed for open-source release and a generic module system from the start. The project is now maintained independently by some of its original developers and is no longer affiliated with Outreach.
Adoption history
Stencil grew out of tooling for coordinating many internal service repositories, then moved into an independent open-source project. Its official installation guide offers release binaries and package-manager routes, while the supplied metadata records Homebrew and WinGet packages.
How it is used
A stenciled repository declares its name, arguments, modules, and replacements in `stencil.yaml`. Template owners publish reusable modules, and consumers rerun Stencil to adopt updated boilerplate while retaining application-specific code inside declared blocks.
Why package nerds care
Stencil treats repository boilerplate as a continuously upgradable dependency rather than a one-time scaffold. Package maintainers and platform teams care because versioned modules, rollback, and repeatable regeneration offer a practical way to propagate CI, observability, and policy changes across large repository fleets.
Timeline
- 2020: Outreach developers created the `bootstrap` precursor.
- 2020s: The team rebuilt the concept as the open-source Stencil project with a generic module system.
- 2023: The official GitHub repository was created.
- 2026: The GitHub project metadata marked development as migrated to rgst.io infrastructure.
Related projects
- The Outreach `bootstrap` tool was Stencil's direct precursor. Stencil modules provide the independently versioned template units consumed by projects, while native extensions allow modules to execute code beyond ordinary text rendering.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for stencil. 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
<project-root>/stencil.yaml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
stencil | 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 version2.18.2
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:stencil |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.18.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://stencil.rgst.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/rgst-io/stencil |
| Last updated | 2026-07-26T04:03:46+02:00 |
| 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.
winget95%
rgst-io.stencil
winget install --id rgst-io.stencil -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Stencil
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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