foundweekends/giter8

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1752 stars · 225 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Giter8 is a command line tool that generates files and directories from templates published on GitHub or any other Git repository. It is implemented in Scala, runs via the sbt launcher, and integrates with sbt's `new` command for project scaffolding.

Use cases

• scaffold a new Scala project from a GitHub template
• generate project boilerplate from a git repository template
• create a new project with sbt new
• apply a project template with interactive field prompts
• share project templates across a team

When to choose

• you want to bootstrap new projects from versioned Git templates
• you work in the Scala/sbt ecosystem and want `sbt new` integration
• you need a lightweight, language-agnostic scaffolding tool

When to avoid

• you need complex code generation or transformation logic beyond simple templating
• you prefer scaffolding built into an IDE or a full project generator like Yeoman
• your templates are not hosted in a Git repository

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli templating developer-tools boilerplate developer-tools programming-languages cli jvm cross-platform project-scaffolding git-templates scala sbt-plugin code-generation command-line

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