boilr
:zap: boilerplate template manager that generates files or directories from template repositories
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What it is
:zap: boilerplate template manager that generates files or directories from template repositories
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
Observed mentions: 2016-05-23 20:53:15 UTC to 2019-06-08 23:01:24 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesShow HN: Simple templating for complex workflows
4 points · Open discussionShow HN: Boilr – Beautiful Go CLI tool for project templates
1 points · Open discussionShow HN: Boilerplate template manager in Go for your files and projects
6 points · Open discussionBoilerplate template manager for your projects (Licenses, Makefiles, etc) in Go
5 points · Open discussionBoilr – Automate project setup with this language agnostic tool
2 points · Open discussion