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Description:
Utility that creates projects from templates and maintains the cruft afterwards

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.16.0@4 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: scaffolding templates cookiecutter project-generation developer-tools

Install: brew install cruft

About:
Cruft is a command-line utility that generates new projects from Cookiecutter templates. It provides a mechanism to track and manage changes to the template over time, allowing users to update their projects with the latest template changes without overwriting local customizations.

Key Features:

Generates projects from Cookiecutter templates
Tracks template versions used for project creation
Detects and manages drift between project and template
Merges upstream template updates with local changes

Use Cases:

Scaffolding new Python projects with standardized structure
Maintaining consistency across multiple microservices
Propagating infrastructure or configuration updates to existing projects

Alternatives:

Cookiecutter – Cookiecutter creates projects but lacks built-in tracking and updating capabilities
Copier – Copier includes template updating features natively, making cruft less necessary

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 14, 2025 10:37am	3	VERSION_BUMP	2ef28c1e
Sep 13, 2025 8:24pm	3	VERSION_BUMP	46381f61
Oct 11, 2024 10:06pm	10	VERSION_BUMP	df47b31b
Oct 11, 2024 4:08pm	10	VERSION_BUMP	ebeeecea
May 8, 2024 12:19am	8	VERSION_BUMP	84116c22
Oct 15, 2023 7:54pm	5	VERSION_BUMP	be3546f7
Sep 8, 2023 8:13am	3	VERSION_BUMP	0a973dd3
Sep 2, 2023 8:16am	2	VERSION_BUMP	646e75ae
Aug 12, 2023 8:15am	1	VERSION_BUMP	95d37218
Apr 3, 2023 9:35pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	ad4f5c3a
Feb 10, 2023 7:06am	0	VERSION_BUMP	16432e1b
Feb 10, 2023 7:06am	0	VERSION_BUMP	1baa6a49