# create-jest

> Create a new Jest project

Latest version **30.5.1** (published 2026-09-01) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install create-jest
pnpm add create-jest
yarn add create-jest
bun add create-jest
```

Provides the command `create-jest`.

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 30.5.1 |
| Published | 2026-09-01 |
| First published | 2017-05-10 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | ^18.14.0 \|\| ^20.0.0 \|\| ^22.0.0 \|\| >=24.0.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 |
| Unpacked size | 16.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 45469 |
| Maintainers | aaronabramov, simenb, rickhanlonii, openjs-operations, cpojer |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-jest
- Repository: https://github.com/jestjs/jest
- Homepage: https://github.com/jestjs/jest#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/jestjs/jest/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/create-jest

## Dependencies (7)

- [chalk](https://npm.io/package/chalk.md) ^4.1.2
- [exit-x](https://npm.io/package/exit-x.md) ^0.2.2
- [prompts](https://npm.io/package/prompts.md) ^2.4.2
- [jest-util](https://npm.io/package/jest-util.md) 30.5.1
- [@jest/types](https://npm.io/package/@jest/types.md) 30.5.1
- [graceful-fs](https://npm.io/package/graceful-fs.md) ^4.2.11
- [jest-config](https://npm.io/package/jest-config.md) 30.5.1

## Recent versions

- 30.5.1 (latest) — 2026-09-01
- 30.0.0-rc.1 (next) — 2025-06-09
- 30.5.0 — 2026-08-28
- 30.4.2 — 2026-05-09
- 30.4.1 — 2026-05-08
- 30.4.0 — 2026-05-07
- 30.3.0 — 2026-03-10
- 30.2.0 — 2025-09-28
- 30.1.3 — 2025-09-02
- 30.1.2 — 2025-09-01
- 30.1.1 — 2025-08-27
- 30.1.0 — 2025-08-27
- 30.0.5 — 2025-07-22
- 30.0.4 — 2025-07-02
- 30.0.3 — 2025-06-25
- … 20 more at https://npm.io/package/create-jest/versions

## README

# create-jest

> Getting started with Jest with a single command

```bash
npm init jest@latest
# Or for Yarn
yarn create jest
# Or for pnpm
pnpm create jest
```

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