@symbiosika/create-app

@symbiosika/create-app

Scaffolder for the symbiosika fullstack template — a Bun + Hono backend and a Vue 3 frontend, with the symbiosika-framework wired in as a live git submodule.

Usage

npm create @symbiosika/app@latest my-app
# or
bunx @symbiosika/create-app my-app

Then follow the printed next steps.

Options

How it works

The template is not a published library — it's a template repo that pulls the framework in via a git submodule. npm tarballs don't carry submodules, so a plain npm create can't reproduce the layout. This CLI therefore:

1. git clone --depth 1 the template,
2. drops the template's git history,
3. git init a fresh repo,
4. re-adds the framework as a live submodule (git submodule add -b <branch>), so the generated project keeps receiving framework updates via git submodule update --remote,
5. personalises the project: package names, appName in backend/src/index.ts, the <title> in frontend/index.html, the READMEs, the docker compose project name and (with --repo) the git remote,
6. syncs framework dependencies and agent skills, installs deps and generates secrets.

The scaffolder's own folder (create-app/) and its publish workflow are stripped from generated projects.

Why is this package inside the template repo?

So the scaffolder and the template version together and never drift apart. The CLI is published to npm independently of the template — see PUBLISHING.md.

Development

bun install
bun run dev ./tmp-test    # run the scaffolder from source
bun run typecheck
bun run build             # bundle to dist/index.js