diff --git a/tools/boilerplate.py b/tools/boilerplate.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2013      Laurent Bachelier
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import datetime
+import os
+import sys
+from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
+
+MODULE_PATH = os.getenv(
+    'MODULE_PATH',
+    os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../modules')))
+TEMPLATE_PATH = os.getenv(
+    'TEMPLATE_PATH',
+    os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'boilerplate_data')))
+VERSION = '0.f'
+
+TEMPLATES = TemplateLookup(directories=[TEMPLATE_PATH])
+
+
+def gitconfig(entry):
+    return subprocess.check_output('git config -z --get %s' % entry, shell=True)[:-1].decode('utf-8')
+
+
+def write(target, contents):
+    if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(target)):
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(target))
+    if os.path.exists(target):
+        print >>sys.stderr, "%s already exists." % target
+        sys.exit(4)
+    with open(target, mode='w') as f:
+        f.write(contents)
+    print 'Created %s' % target
+
+
+class Recipe(object):
+    @classmethod
+    def configure_subparser(cls, subparsers):
+        subparser = subparsers.add_parser(cls.NAME)
+        subparser.add_argument('name', help='Backend name')
+        subparser.set_defaults(recipe=cls)
+        return subparser
+
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        self.name = args.name.lower().replace(' ', '')
+        self.classname = args.name.title().replace(' ', '')
+        self.year = datetime.date.today().year
+        self.author = args.author
+        self.email = args.email
+        self.version = VERSION
+
+    def write(self, filename, contents):
+        return write(os.path.join(MODULE_PATH, self.name, filename), contents)
+
+    def template(self, name, **kwargs):
+        if '.' not in name:
+            name += '.py'
+        return TEMPLATES.get_template(name) \
+            .render(r=self,
+                    # workaround, as it's also a mako directive
+                    coding='# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-',
+                    **kwargs)
+
+    def generate(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class BaseRecipe(Recipe):
+    NAME = 'base'
+
+    def generate(self):
+        self.write('__init__.py', self.template('init'))
+
+
+class ComicRecipe(BaseRecipe):
+    NAME = 'comic'
+
+    def generate(self):
+        super(ComicRecipe, self).generate()
+        self.write('backend.py', self.template('comic_backend'))
+
+
+class ComicTestRecipe(Recipe):
+    NAME = 'comic.test'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def configure_subparser(cls, subparsers):
+        subparser = super(ComicTestRecipe, cls).configure_subparser(subparsers)
+        subparser.add_argument('download_id', help='Download ID')
+        return subparser
+
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        super(ComicTestRecipe, self).__init__(args)
+        self.download_id = args.download_id
+
+    def generate(self):
+        self.write('test.py', self.template('comic_test'))
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-a', '--author',
+        default=gitconfig('user.name'))
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-e', '--email',
+        default=gitconfig('user.email'))
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
+
+    recipes = [ComicRecipe, ComicTestRecipe]
+    for recipe in recipes:
+        recipe.configure_subparser(subparsers)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    recipe = args.recipe(args)
+    recipe.generate()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/tools/boilerplate_data/comic_backend.py b/tools/boilerplate_data/comic_backend.py
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+++ b/tools/boilerplate_data/comic_backend.py
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+<%inherit file="layout.py"/>
+from weboob.tools.capabilities.gallery.genericcomicreader import GenericComicReaderBackend, DisplayPage
+
+
+__all__ = ['${r.classname}Backend']
+
+
+class ${r.classname}Backend(GenericComicReaderBackend):
+    NAME = '${r.name}'
+    DESCRIPTION = '${r.name} manga reading site'
+    MAINTAINER = '${r.author}'
+    EMAIL = '${r.email}'
+    VERSION = '${r.version}'
+
+    DOMAIN = 'www.${r.name}.com'
+    BROWSER_PARAMS = dict(
+        img_src_xpath="//img[@id='comic_page']/@src",
+        page_list_xpath="(//select[@id='page_select'])[1]/option/@value")
+    ID_REGEXP = r'[^/]+/[^/]+'
+    URL_REGEXP = r'.+${r.name}.com/(%s).+' % ID_REGEXP
+    ID_TO_URL = 'http://www.${r.name}.com/%s'
+    PAGES = {URL_REGEXP: DisplayPage}
diff --git a/tools/boilerplate_data/comic_test.py b/tools/boilerplate_data/comic_test.py
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+++ b/tools/boilerplate_data/comic_test.py
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+<%inherit file="layout.py"/>
+from weboob.tools.capabilities.gallery.genericcomicreadertest import GenericComicReaderTest
+
+
+class ${r.classname}BackendTest(GenericComicReaderTest):
+    BACKEND = '${r.name}'
+
+    def test_download(self):
+        return self._test_download('${r.download_id}')
diff --git a/tools/boilerplate_data/init.py b/tools/boilerplate_data/init.py
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+++ b/tools/boilerplate_data/init.py
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+<%inherit file="layout.py"/>
+from .backend import ${r.name}Backend
+
+
+__all__ = ['${r.name}Backend']
diff --git a/tools/boilerplate_data/layout.py b/tools/boilerplate_data/layout.py
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+++ b/tools/boilerplate_data/layout.py
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+${coding}
+
+# Copyright(C) ${r.year}      ${r.author}
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+${self.body()}\