diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pip-tools.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pip-tools.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..606556f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pip-tools.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Tests (pip-tools)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install cookiecutter
+        run: pip install cookiecutter
+
+      - name: Create project from template
+        # Choose default options
+        run: cookiecutter . --no-input packaging=pip-tools
+
+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        working-directory: my_project
+        run: pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        working-directory: my_project
+        run: pytest
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit hooks for project
+        working-directory: my_project
+        run: |
+          git init
+          git add .
+          pre-commit run -a
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-poetry.yml
similarity index 93%
rename from .github/workflows/ci.yml
rename to .github/workflows/ci-poetry.yml
index 9107b6c..d7fbff1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-poetry.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Test and build
+name: Tests (poetry)
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create project from template
         # Choose default options
-        run: cookiecutter --no-input .
+        run: cookiecutter . --no-input packaging=poetry
 
       - name: Install project dependencies
         working-directory: my_project
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c4eda0d..b92a083 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ repos:
         # Prettier supports many other file formats (e.g., JavaScript, HTML; see
         # https://prettier.io for list). Add other types here.
         types_or: [yaml, json]
+        exclude: "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.+"
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
     rev: v0.40.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 19b6609..b099fd6 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
     "project_description": "[Description for project.]",
     "author": "Jane Doe",
     "author_email": "jane_doe@imperial.ac.uk",
+    "packaging": ["poetry", "pip-tools"],
     "use_bsd3_licence": false,
     "add_precommit_workflows": true,
-    "_copy_without_render": [".github"],
     "__prompts__": {
         "project_name": "Enter a human-readable name for the project",
         "project_slug": "Enter a name for the Python package",
         "project_description": "Enter a brief description of the project",
         "author": "Enter your full name",
         "author_email": "Enter your email address",
+        "packaging": "Select the Python packaging tool you wish to use",
         "use_bsd3_licence": "Whether to use Imperial's default open-source licence (BSD 3-clause)",
         "add_precommit_workflows": "Add Github Actions to run pre-commit hooks (only needed for private repositories)"
     }
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index c42c741..4ee7107 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 REMOVE_PATHS = [
     "{% if not cookiecutter.use_bsd3_licence %}LICENSE{% endif %}",
     "{% if not cookiecutter.add_precommit_workflows %}.github/workflows/pre-commit*.yml{% endif %}",
+    "{% if cookiecutter.packaging != 'pip-tools' %}*requirements.txt{% endif %}"
 ]
 
 for path in REMOVE_PATHS:
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 41bb432..7e92846 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml	
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ "{{" }}matrix.os{{ "}} "}}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: ${{ "{{" }}matrix.python-version{{ "}} "}}
 
+{% if cookiecutter.packaging == "poetry" %}
       - name: Install Poetry
         uses: abatilo/actions-poetry@v3.0.0
         with:
@@ -32,3 +33,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: poetry run pytest
+{%- elif cookiecutter.packaging == "pip-tools" %}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: pytest
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/pre-commit_autoupdate.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/pre-commit_autoupdate.yml
index 1b05599..0dd7634 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/pre-commit_autoupdate.yml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/pre-commit_autoupdate.yml	
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: browniebroke/pre-commit-autoupdate-action@main
       - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ "{{" }} secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN {{ "}}" }}
           branch: update/pre-commit-hooks
           title: Update pre-commit hooks
           commit-message: "chore: update pre-commit hooks"
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/dev-requirements.txt b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/dev-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f85b6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/dev-requirements.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile --extra=dev --output-file=dev-requirements.txt pyproject.toml
+#
+attrs==23.2.0
+    # via pytest-mypy
+build==1.2.1
+    # via pip-tools
+cfgv==3.4.0
+    # via pre-commit
+click==8.1.7
+    # via pip-tools
+coverage[toml]==7.5.0
+    # via pytest-cov
+distlib==0.3.8
+    # via virtualenv
+filelock==3.13.1
+    # via
+    #   pytest-mypy
+    #   virtualenv
+identify==2.5.33
+    # via pre-commit
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+    # via pytest
+mypy==1.9.0
+    # via
+    #   datahub (pyproject.toml)
+    #   pytest-mypy
+mypy-extensions==1.0.0
+    # via mypy
+nodeenv==1.8.0
+    # via pre-commit
+packaging==24.0
+    # via
+    #   build
+    #   pytest
+pip-tools==7.4.0
+    # via datahub (pyproject.toml)
+platformdirs==4.2.1
+    # via virtualenv
+pluggy==1.5.0
+    # via pytest
+pre-commit==3.7.0
+    # via datahub (pyproject.toml)
+pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
+    # via
+    #   build
+    #   pip-tools
+pytest==8.1.1
+    # via
+    #   datahub (pyproject.toml)
+    #   pytest-cov
+    #   pytest-mock
+    #   pytest-mypy
+pytest-cov==4.1.0
+    # via datahub (pyproject.toml)
+pytest-mock==3.12.0
+    # via datahub (pyproject.toml)
+pytest-mypy==0.10.3
+    # via datahub (pyproject.toml)
+pyyaml==6.0.1
+    # via pre-commit
+ruff==0.3.0
+    # via datahub (pyproject.toml)
+typing-extensions==4.9.0
+    # via mypy
+virtualenv==20.26.1
+    # via pre-commit
+wheel==0.43.0
+    # via pip-tools
+
+# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
+# pip
+# setuptools
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/pyproject.toml b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/pyproject.toml
index f5128b3..427f01f 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/pyproject.toml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/pyproject.toml	
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{%- if cookiecutter.packaging == "poetry" -%}
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -17,6 +18,41 @@ pytest-mypy = "^0.10.0"
 pytest-mock = "^3.7.0"
 pre-commit = "^3.0.4"
 
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+{%- elif cookiecutter.packaging == "pip-tools" -%}
+[project]
+name = "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "{{ cookiecutter.project_description }}"
+authors = [
+    { name = "{{ cookiecutter.author }}", email = "{{ cookiecutter.author_email }}" },
+    { name = "Imperial College London RSE Team", email = "ict-rse-team@imperial.ac.uk" }
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = []
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "ruff",
+    "mypy",
+    "pip-tools",
+    "pre-commit",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "pytest-mypy",
+    "pytest-mock"
+]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["htmlcov"] # Exclude the coverage report file from setuptools package finder
+{%- endif %}
+
 [tool.mypy]
 disallow_any_explicit = true
 disallow_any_generics = true
@@ -32,10 +68,6 @@ disallow_untyped_defs = false
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "-v --mypy -p no:warnings --cov={{ cookiecutter.project_slug }} --cov-report=html --doctest-modules --ignore={{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/__main__.py"
 
-[build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
-build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
-
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py312"
 
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements.txt b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8538a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile
+#