create-vandslab-app

Interactive CLI for creating modern full-stack applications

Create production-ready monorepos and standalone projects with your preferred tech stack in seconds.

Features

Project Types

• Monorepo - Turborepo-powered workspace with shared packages
• Standalone - Single application projects

Frontend Frameworks

• Next.js 15 - Stable App Router with React 19
• Next.js 16 - Latest with built-in improvements
• Vite - Lightning fast HMR with React 19

Backend Frameworks

• Express.js - Fast & flexible with Prisma ORM
• NestJS - Enterprise-grade with TypeORM / Prisma ORM

UI Libraries

• shadcn/ui - Modern components with Radix UI
• Chakra UI - Modular component library
• DaisyUI - Tailwind CSS components

Technologies

• TypeScript - Full type safety
• Tailwind CSS 4 - Next-gen styling
• pnpm - Fast package management
• Turborepo - High-performance builds

Quick Start

# Using pnpx (recommended)
pnpx create-vandslab-app@latest my-app

# Or in current directory
pnpx create-vandslab-app@latest .

# Global install
pnpm add -g create-vandslab-app
create-vandslab-app my-app

What You Get

Monorepo Structure

my-app/
├── apps/
│   ├── web/                 # Frontend (Next.js/Vite)
│   └── backend/             # Backend (Express/NestJS)
├── packages/                # Shared packages
├── turbo.json              # Turborepo config
├── pnpm-workspace.yaml     # pnpm workspaces
└── package.json            # Root scripts

Available Scripts

Monorepo

pnpm dev        # Start all dev servers
pnpm build      # Build all packages
pnpm start      # Start production servers
pnpm typecheck  # Type check all packages
pnpm lint       # Lint all packages
pnpm test       # Run tests
pnpm clean      # Clean build outputs

Standalone

pnpm dev        # Start dev server
pnpm build      # Build for production
pnpm start      # Start production server
pnpm typecheck  # Type check
pnpm lint       # Lint code

Pre-configured

• TypeScript strict mode
• Path aliases (@/components, @/lib, etc.)
• ESLint with best practices
• Prettier code formatting
• Git with .gitignore
• Environment variables setup
• Docker ready (optional)
• Hot Module Replacement

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20.0.0
• pnpm >= 9.0.0

License

MIT © Vandslab

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Vandslab Team