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      🧩 Decode CLI — Vicky’s Developer Utility
      ⚡ Automate • Scaffold • Build • Deploy

🧩 DECODE CLI

The Developer’s Swiss Army Knife

Made with ⚡ by @vickydecodes

Automate. Scaffold. Build. Deploy. Your terminal just got smarter.

✨ Overview

Decode CLI is your all-in-one developer companion, created to make coding faster, cleaner, and more powerful. Whether you’re spinning up a backend API, launching a Vite frontend, or automating your setup — Decode does it all.

It’s not just another CLI; it’s your coding sidekick. And yeah, it’s built by a dev for devs.

🚀 Quick Install

No setup. No fuss. Just one line:

npm install -g @vickydecodes/decode

Once installed, you can instantly use it anywhere:

decode -info      # view current directory info
decode -backend   # create an express backend
decode -frontend  # run vite setup
decode -go        # start project

✅ That’s it — no imports, configs, or extra steps. Decode becomes a global command available in any terminal.

⚙️ Commands Reference

| 🧩 Command | 💬 Description | | ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | decode -p pkg1 pkg2... | Install npm packages quickly. | | decode -frontend | Create a new Vite frontend interactively. | | decode -backend [name] | Scaffold a Node + Express backend (with dotenv + cors). | | decode -folders -mcrs | Create models/, controllers/, routes/, services/. | | decode -files f1 f2... | Instantly create multiple files. | | decode -run | Interactive script runner (pick from package.json). | | decode -go | Smart start: runs npm run dev → fallback to npm start. | | decode -plugin <name> | Execute a plugin from ./plugins. | | decode -open | Open your project in VS Code. | | decode -term | Open a terminal in current directory. | | decode -info | Display current directory info. | | decode -dash | (Coming soon) Decode Web Dashboard. | | decode init <cli-name> | Build your own CLI — powered by Decode. |

🧱 Example Workflows

⚡ Full-Stack Setup in 3 Lines

decode -frontend
decode -backend api
decode -go

🧰 Backend-Only Setup

decode -backend myapi
decode -folders -mcrs
decode -p express mongoose cors dotenv
decode -files .env .gitignore README.md

💻 File / Folder Utilities

decode -folders -mcrs
decode -files index.html style.css main.js

🧠 Create Your Own CLI

Decode can also build new CLIs under your own name 😎

decode init mycli
cd mycli
npm link

Then use it globally:

mycli -info
mycli -backend api

🔌 Plugin System

Extend Decode with your own plugins inside the plugins/ folder.

Example: plugins/hello.js

console.log("👋 Hello from your Decode plugin!");

Run it:

decode -plugin hello

🧠 Future Integration — Flux Mode

Decode is part of the VickyDecodes Developer Suite, alongside @vickydecodes/flux.

Soon you’ll be able to do:

decode -flux myapi

and instantly get a Flux-powered backend scaffold.

🪄 Pro Shortcuts

| Command | What It Does | | -------------- | ---------------------------------- | | decode -open | Launch VS Code instantly. | | decode -term | Opens terminal at project root. | | decode -go | Runs npm run dev or npm start. | | decode -info | Lists directory contents. |

🧭 Folder Structure (After Init)

decode/
├── index.js
├── package.json
├── plugins/
│   └── hello.js
└── README.md

🧑‍💻 Developer Mode

git clone https://github.com/vickydecodes/decode
cd decode
npm link
decode -info

📈 Roadmap

✅ Backend scaffolding ✅ Frontend scaffolding ✅ File & folder generators ✅ Plugin system ✅ CLI creation 🚧 Decode Dashboard 🚧 Flux integration 🚧 Template registry

💎 Production-Grade Setup

npm install -g @vickydecodes/decode
decode -backend api
decode -go

🧾 License

MIT © Vicky Part of the @vickydecodes developer ecosystem.

💬 Connect

| Platform | Link | | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | 🌐 Website | vickify.in | | 🧠 GitHub | github.com/vickydecodes | | 🧩 NPM | npmjs.com/~vickydecodes | | 💬 Twitter (X) | @vickydecodes |

⚡ Decode CLI

“Because coding should be fast, fun, and frictionless.”