---
name: "cookiecutter"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cookiecutter"
version: "2.6.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cookiecutter"
---

# cookiecutter(1)

create projects from project templates

## NAME

**cookiecutter** – create projects from project templates

## SYNOPSIS

**cookiecutter** \[**-h**\] *input*

## DESCRIPTION

**cookiecutter** is a command-line tool to create projects from project templates. It takes as input a template which is either a local directory or an URL to a repository. **cookiecutter** will then generate the project from the template. It may ask questions to fill in some values.

## SEE ALSO

For more documentation about **cookiecutter**, have a look at */usr/share/doc/python-cookiecutter-doc/html/index.html*.