starttoner

Starttoner is a command-line tool designed to help developers bootstrap new software projects. It provides a library of starter templates and configurations to quickly initialize a project with a sensible default structure, build scripts, testing scaffolding, and continuous integration settings. The goal is to reduce setup time and promote consistency across projects.

Key features include multi-language template support, a templating engine that can fill placeholders, pluggable templates contributed by the community, interactive prompts to tailor a project, and the ability to pin dependency versions. It supports common languages such as Python, JavaScript, and Go, and can generate standard workflows for popular CI/CD services.

Usage involves installing Starttoner via the language-appropriate package manager, then running starttoner init <project-name> with options for language and template. For example, starttoner init myapp --language python --template default. Users can customize templates, add new ones, or extend the tool with plugins.

Development and reception: Starttoner is maintained as an open-source project with contributors worldwide. Documentation and source code are hosted on a public repository, and the project encourages experimentation and sharing of templates to suit diverse workflows.

See also: Cookiecutter, Yeoman, Slush.