Sombrahq/sombra-CLI: a CLI to scaffold and update projects from production code

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Sombra is an open-source command-line tool that helps you automate project scaffolding by turning production-ready repositories into reusable, version-controlled templates.

Built for developers, consultants, and teams who want to:

⚡ Quickly start new projects with consistent setup
🧱 Reuse real, tested code without changing it
🔄 Keep projects up to date with shared boilerplate

✅ Use any Git repository as a template source
⚙️ Define flexible rules using Go templates + YAML
♻️ Reuse code without modifying production files
🔍 Match and transform paths, filenames, and content
🏷 Semantic versioning with Git tags

go install github.com/sombrahq/sombra-cli@latest

Option 2: Prebuilt Binaries

Download from GitHub Releases

Option 3: Build from source

git clone https://github.com/sombrahq/sombra-cli.git cd sombra-cli make build WHAT=sombra

See Installation Guide for more details.

Convert a production repo into a template:

sombra template init ./my-app

This creates .sombra/default.yaml.

In a new repo, create a sombra.yaml:

branch: main templates: - name: https://github.com/your-org/your-template vars: project: New API

Then run:

sombra local update --tag v1.0.0 --method copy

Full docs available at 👉 https://sombrahq.github.io/sombra-cli/

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