Alternatives to cookiecutter
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. cookiecutter itself: install cookiecutter.
erdtree
A modern, cross-platform, multi-threaded, and general purpose filesystem and disk-usage utility that is aware of .gitignore and hidden file rules
av1an
Cross-platform command-line AV1 / VP9 / HEVC / H264 encoding framework with per scene quality encoding
rush-parallel
A cross-platform command-line tool for executing jobs in parallel
modsecurity
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. It has a robust event-based programming
Keyguard
A password manager that supports Bitwarden platform and KeePass (KDBX) files. It autofills your logins, supports passkeys, works offline, and runs a W
liquidctl
Cross-platform CLI and Python drivers for AIO liquid coolers and other devices
python-tabulate
Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line utility. Repository migrated from bitbucket.org/astanin/python-tabulate
tidy-viewer
📺(tv) Tidy Viewer is a cross-platform CLI csv pretty printer that uses column styling to maximize viewer enjoyment
cyme
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grafana
The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki
Alacritty
A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
Spacedrive
Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust
kitty-nightly
If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based
WindTerm
A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal
renovate
Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io
onnxruntime
ONNX Runtime: cross-platform, high performance ML inferencing and training accelerator
Universal Android Debloater
Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
Open Video Downloader
Open Video Downloader - A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Rust with Tauri and Vue + Typescript
OpenWhispr
Voice-to-text dictation app with local (Nvidia Parakeet/Whisper) and cloud models (BYOK). Privacy-first and available cross-platform
wgcf
🚤 Cross-platform, unofficial CLI for Cloudflare Warp
LiteIDE
LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE
soft-serve
The mighty, self-hostable Git server for the command line🍦
IPTVnator
:tv: Cross-platform IPTV player application with multiple features, such as support of m3u and m3u8 playlists, favorites, TV guide, TV archive/catchup
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than cookiecutter — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
cookiecutter is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.