SharePoint site templates

What is the most accurate way to create a https://x.com/hashtag/Microsoft?src=hashtag_click https://x.com/hashtag/SharePoint?src=hashtag_click site template? 2 Years ago the answer to this was a messy mix between site scripts and PnP templates, but both of these have limitations and I am wondering if there is anything in the pipeline from site scripts that would replace the old 'save as site template' functionality that was deprecated, but worked well to reproduce SharePoint sites.