Cookiecutter Project Bootstrap

---
name: "Cookiecutter Project Bootstrap"
slug: "cookiecutter-project-bootstrap"
description: "Bootstraps new projects from Cookiecutter templates with variable substitution and post-generation hooks. Supports remote template repositories via the cookiecutter CLI and Jinja2 rendering engine."
github_stars: 24818
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter"
author: "cookiecutter"
category: "Templates & Workflows"
framework: "MCP"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "cookiecutter/cookiecutter"
  github_stars: 24818
---

# Cookiecutter Project Bootstrap

Bootstraps new projects from Cookiecutter templates with variable substitution and post-generation hooks. Supports remote template repositories via the cookiecutter CLI and Jinja2 rendering engine.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- uv tool install cookiecutter
- If you plan to use Cookiecutter programmatically, please run uv add cookiecutter to add it to your project. Then you can import and use it like this:

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/cookiecutter.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/cookiecutter/)
- Create projects swiftly from **cookiecutters** (project templates) with this command-line utility. Ideal for generating Python package projects and more.
- **User-Friendly:** No Python knowledge required.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ## Features
- **Cross-Platform:** Supports Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- **Multi-Language Support:** Use templates in any language or markup format.

- Source: https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/HEAD/README.md

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