# Install kickstart with Homebrew, Nix Scaffolding tool to get new projects up and running quickly. Version 0.6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:kickstart ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kickstart ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#kickstart ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ki/kickstart/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:kickstart - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.6.0 - **Source summary:** Scaffolding tool to get new projects up and running quickly - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - kickstart (cli) - kickstart (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.6.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Keats/kickstart - Upstream latest detected: v0.6.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage kickstart is a Rust CLI for project scaffolding from templates, using `template.toml` metadata and Tera rendering to generate new project directories. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in 2018, with early releases beginning at v0.1.6 on 2018-08-02. The README frames kickstart as a more powerful Rust counterpart to Python Cookiecutter and as an alternative to Node.js scaffolders such as Yeoman and Slush. ### Adoption history kickstart is distributed as a crates.io package and as prebuilt GitHub release binaries. The Homebrew input record also lists Homebrew and Nix formulas, reflecting its use as a small standalone developer utility rather than a framework-bound generator. ### How it is used Users run kickstart against local or Git-hosted templates, answer prompts described in `template.toml`, and generate files whose contents, file names, and directory names can be rendered through Tera. ### Why package nerds care kickstart is a neat package-manager-era scaffolder because it packages the generator as a single Rust binary while keeping templates language-agnostic and plain-file based. ### Timeline - 2018: Repository created and v0.1.6 published. - 2020: v0.2.x releases published. - 2021: v0.3.0 release published. - 2025: v0.6.0 release published on 2025-12-21. ### Related projects - The README compares kickstart with Cookiecutter, Yeoman, and Slush, and documents Tera as its template engine. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: template.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** kickstart - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - kickstart: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ki/kickstart/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cookiecutter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cookiecutter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-generator, project-scaffolding, scaffolding. - [copier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/copier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-generator, project-scaffolding, scaffolding. - [cruft](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cruft/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-scaffolding, templates. - [go-blueprint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-blueprint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-scaffolding, templates. - [vgo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vgo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-scaffolding. - [gerust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gerust/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-generator, scaffolding. - [metashell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/metashell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, templates. - [autogen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autogen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, templates. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kickstart.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/kickstart.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph