Post #1099744
2026-03-22 17:46 UTC
I'm surprised there aren't more tools out there for starting a new project with some default config files.
There's `cargo new` but it's Rust specific and very minimal. create-react-app is React specific.
The only option I know of is cookiecutter. Surely it's a common problem?
Replies (4)
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@pinskia@hachyderm.io 2026-03-22 17:51
@wilfredh There used to be some templtes provided with CodeWarrior. And then with Xcode (both carbon and cocoa based ones). But I have not done Mac OS programming in years.
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@chfkch@ruhr.social 2026-03-22 18:26
@wilfredh I think with `cargo-generate` you can also generate from templates for other languages than rust.
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@muvlon@hachyderm.io 2026-03-22 18:45
@wilfredh This is sometimes called "scaffolding" and there's a bunch of tools that do this, especially in the web space. Yeoman is one example. Nix flakes also have support for this.
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@miketheman@hachyderm.io 2026-03-22 19:07
@wilfredh had you seen scaf? Might be interesting. https://github.com/getscaf/scaf