@undermuz/tanstack-router-generator

A lightweight CLI tool that automatically sets up TanStack Router in any React or Nx-based project. It installs required dependencies, generates routing structure, and configures a ready-to-use router setup.

🚀 Features

• Adds TanStack Router to any React project
• Generates a complete routing structure:
  • Root layout
  • Index page
  • Nested page example
  • Router configuration
  • Router provider <RouterProvider />
• Updates package.json with required dependencies
• Works in Nx and non-Nx environments
• Zero configuration required

🛠 Usage

Initialize TanStack Router

Run the generator inside your React project:

# Simple react project
npx @undermuz/tanstack-router-generator@latest init

# NX-like project
npx @undermuz/tanstack-router-generator@latest init --project=./apps/web-app/src/app

By default, it installs routing files into:

<cwd>/src/app
<cwd>/package.json

To specify a custom path:

npx @undermuz/tanstack-router-generator init --project=apps/web-app/src/app

<cwd>/apps/web-app/src/app
<cwd>/package.json

Add a new route

After initialization, you can add new routes using:

npx @undermuz/tanstack-router-generator add-route <name>

<cwd>/src/app/routes/<name>

Examples:

# Add a "settings" route (uses default src/app)
npx @undermuz/tanstack-router-generator add-route settings

# Add a "user-profile" route  
npx @undermuz/tanstack-router-generator add-route user-profile

# Specify custom app path (routes directory will be created inside)
npx @undermuz/tanstack-router-generator add-route dashboard --project=apps/web-app/src/app

The command will:

• Create a new directory for the route inside the app's routes/ directory
• Generate page.tsx component
• Generate routes.tsx with route configuration
• Automatically update the main index.tsx to include the new route

📁 What gets generated

Initial structure

routes/
  provider.tsx
  layout.tsx
  page.tsx
  index.tsx
  nested-page/
    routes.tsx
    page.tsx

Adding new routes

When you add a new route using add-route, the following files are created:

routes/
  my-new-route/
    page.tsx         # Route component
    routes.tsx       # Route configuration
  index.tsx          # (automatically updated)

📚 Dependencies added automatically

• @tanstack/react-router
• @tanstack/react-router-devtools
• framer-motion

🧩 Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• npm or yarn
• React project (Vite, CRA, Nx, etc.)

📦 Installation (local development)

Clone the repository and link it globally:

npm install
npm link

Now the CLI is available system-wide:

tanstack-router-generator

🧪 Testing

npm test

Runs unit tests with Vitest. Tests cover:

• copyFiles — copying templates without overwriting existing files
• updatePackageJson — adding TanStack Router dependencies to package.json
• addRoute — route creation, name normalization, index.tsx updates, and error validation

Watch mode (re-run on file changes):

npm run test:watch

Coverage report:

npm run test:coverage

📄 License

MIT