updatable vs cookiecutter

updatable

Finds packages that require updates on a python environment (by nezhar)

cookiecutter

A cross-platform command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates), e.g. Python package projects, C projects. (by cookiecutter)

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updatable		cookiecutter
	Project
-	Mentions	56
22	Stars	21,618
-	Growth	0.6%
4.0	Activity	8.7
17 days ago	Latest Commit	1 day ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

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Ask HN: How do you bootstrap your software projects?
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Dec 2023

Sometimes I use this to abstract boilerplate https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
It can use a repo as a template.
It supports some interactive questions to choose options but mostly it is jinja templates.
Having libraries would be another option.
FastStream: Python's framework for Efficient Message Queue Handling
11 projects | dev.to | 16 Oct 2023

Install the cookiecutter package using the following command:
Template for Django Projects
3 projects | /r/django | 10 Jul 2023

Consider taking a look at cookiecutter to generate projects from templates. There is also cookiecutter-django. As for your environment variables you should have an example .env file containing all the environment variables required by your project (without setting them) that can be safely pushed into your repository for you and other developers to copy into the actual .env file that'll be used by your project (add this file to .gitignore)
Rmarkdown/Github project organization question
1 project | /r/Rlanguage | 7 Jul 2023
Python Cookiecutter: Streamline Template Projects for Enhanced Developer Experience
3 projects | dev.to | 12 Jun 2023

The Python Cookiecutter library revolutionizes project development by offering streamlined approach to creating template projects and improving developer experience.
What do you use to generate Terraform/Grunt files at scale?
1 project | /r/Terraform | 7 Jun 2023

We use cookie cutter templates (the Python project, https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter ), we prompt for the module & version etc
A Python package that has a basic app setup inside it
2 projects | /r/Python | 24 May 2023

Why not use cookiecutter or a similar tool designed for making these sorts of project templates?
Sub library with useful code
3 projects | /r/learnpython | 19 May 2023

Is it common? I don't know. Is it useful? Absolutely. There is a tool called cookiecutter that allows you to define your own setup. For example, my cookiecutter setup for a python library is here. You can see what it's like by first installing the cookiecutter cli and then running
New tool: Souce code generator from a given template
2 projects | /r/programming | 15 Apr 2023

Also cookiecutter.
Introducing Visual Cookiecutter: a web UI for instanciating cookiecutter templates
3 projects | /r/Python | 14 Apr 2023

Visual Cookiecutter enhances the functionality of cookiecutter by offering unique features such as required fields, conditional input parameters, optional descriptions, and the ability to fix mistakes easily. This package seamlessly integrates with cookiecutter so that all existing templates work out-of-the-box.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing updatable and cookiecutter you can also consider the following projects:

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python3-nmap - A python 3 library which helps in using nmap port scanner. This is done by converting each nmap command into a callable python3 method or function. System administrators can now automatic nmap scans using python

Jinja2 - A very fast and expressive template engine.

GitHub PR Cleaner - Clear merged pull requests ref (branch) on GitHub

backstage - Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals

R3CON1Z3R - R3con1z3r is a lightweight Web information gathering tool with an intuitive features written in python. it provides a powerful environment in which open source intelligence (OSINT) web-based footprinting can be conducted quickly and thoroughly.

try - Dead simple CLI tool to try Python packages - It's never been easier! :package:

Python Fire - Python Fire is a library for automatically generating command line interfaces (CLIs) from absolutely any Python object.

bashplotlib - plotting in the terminal

shiv - shiv is a command line utility for building fully self contained Python zipapps as outlined in PEP 441, but with all their dependencies included.

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