Single binary
No Python, no Node, no runtime dependencies. Download one file and go.
diecut
Make templates. Start projects. Skip the setup.
Easy to make
A diecut.toml and a folder — that’s a template. You just made one.
Cookiecutter compatible
Use existing cookiecutter templates directly. diecut auto-detects and translates them.
Updates built in
Upstream template changed? Update your project with a three-way merge.
Why diecut?
Section titled “Why diecut?”I built diecut so my son could skip the setup and get to the fun part of programming. Every language has its own scaffolding ritual, but none of them hand you a real starting point with good defaults. A template does. And making a template shouldn’t require a PhD in Jinja2.