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Nathanaël CHERRIER

I think because it is more interactive using an app. Interactive tools are fun to use. Also with a template you could miss some fields, not with a tool that asks you for the informations.

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Ben Sinclair

With a template you could add sections as you need to for future projects without forking and hacking someone else's app.

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dAVE Inden

I agree with Nathanaël. Interactive tools can be very effective in making sure one doesn't miss things or at least knowingly skips them. Like when starting a new project with npm init it is helpful to have an app make sure you get everything right from the start.
But, this isn't for everyone. For some folks it may be just as easy to have a repo with all of the starting points they need. Now that Github has template repos one could easily have this setup in their account and use it to get going on a project.