autogen ☆

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Description:
Automated text file generator

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 5.18.16@3 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: code-generation templating automation developer-tools text-processing

Install: brew install autogen

About:
Autogen is a tool that generates complete text files from templates containing macro definitions and shell commands. It simplifies the maintenance of repetitive text in software projects by separating content logic from the text itself, ensuring consistency and reducing manual editing errors.

Key Features:

Template-based file generation using a powerful macro language
Embedded shell command execution for dynamic content
Supports multiple output formats (C, HTML, XML, etc.)
Manages repetitive structures and boilerplate code efficiently

Use Cases:

Generating standardized source code headers and boilerplate
Creating configuration files from a single source of truth
Maintaining large-scale documentation sets

Alternatives:

m4 – Autogen provides higher-level structures and easier management of multi-file projects compared to the lower-level m4 macro processor.
Jinja2 – While Jinja2 is primarily for web templates, Autogen is specialized for source code and system file generation with embedded shell capabilities.

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

Dependencies: guile

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

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