Using the engine in a standalone app is still not recommended?

Hi Epic team,

We are quiet interested in using UE4 in a standalone app without extending the editor or creating a game. According to this statement from a developer there will be a standalone template for Visual Studio in the near future. The statement was from June 2014. Are there any news regarding this matter?
Thank you.

Bump. I’m still waiting for this as well. I’m going to try my hand at it again this weekend.