Create-cli-application NPM

Example of create-cli-application running

📝 Table of Contents

🧐 About

I generally use a template when developing CLI applications for myself. I want to share that same template with you, in an easy to use bootstrapper that mirrors the simplicity of starting a new application with create-react-app. Thus, create-cli-application was born.

🏁 Getting Started

Prerequisites

Node (>= v10.0.0)
NPM

OS

MacOS
Linux
Windows

Installing

npm install -g create-cli-application

🎈 Usage

create-cli-application cool-app-name

Changing the Source Language

By deafault, create-cli-application will create your application as a JavaScript project. You can pass the --typescript flag to create a TypeScript project instead.

create-cli-application cool-app-name --typescript

Want support for an additional language? Feel free to open a new issue.

Interactive Mode

You can choose to use the application in an interactive mode by passing the flag --interactive.

Interactive Mode Example

⛏️ Built Using

@sentry/node - Sentry is cross-platform application monitoring, with a focus on error reporting.
boxen - Create boxes in the terminal.
chalk - Terminal string styling done right.
clear - Clear the terminal screen if possible.
commander - Node.js command-line interfaces made easy.
configstore - Easily load and persist config without having to think about where and how.
fs-extra - Node.js: extra methods for the fs object like copy(), remove(), mkdirs().
inquirer - A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.
ora - Elegant terminal spinner.
pickitt - When you need a computer to just pick it, reach for Pickitt!
semver - The semver parser for node (the one npm uses).
TypeScript - A typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.
update-notifier - Update notifications for your CLI app.
validate-npm-package-name - Is the given string an acceptable npm package name?