Create Node CLI

# ⚡ create-node-cli

> Instantly scaffold a modern Node.js CLI tool — with everything ready to go.  
> Includes argument parsing, colored logs, command handling, and packaging setup.

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## ✨ Features

- 🚀 **Instant setup** — ready-to-run Node.js CLI scaffold  
- 🧠 **ESM or CommonJS** support  
- 🎨 **Chalk-powered colored console output**  
- 🛠️ **Built-in argument parsing** via [commander](https://www.npmjs.com/package/commander)  
- 📦 **Auto version & help flags** (`--version`, `--help`)  
- 🧑‍💻 **Preconfigured `package.json` bin entry**  
- 🧰 **Ready to publish to npm**

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## 📦 Installation

Use **npx** (recommended):

```bash
npx create-node-cli

Or install globally:

npm install -g create-node-cli

Then run:

create-node-cli

🧠 What It Does

create-node-cli quickly scaffolds a new Node.js CLI project with your chosen setup.

It will:

1. Prompt for project name and language format (ESM or CJS)
2. Create a new folder with a clean CLI boilerplate
3. Initialize package.json with your bin entry
4. Add useful dependencies (like commander, chalk)
5. Optionally initialize a Git repo
6. Print next steps to run and test your CLI

💻 Example Usage

npx create-node-cli

Example session:

? Project name: greet-cli
? Choose format: ESM
? Initialize Git repository? Yes
✅ Creating new CLI project...
✅ Installing dependencies...
🎉 Done! Now run:

   cd greet-cli
   node index.js

🧑‍💻 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Fork the repo, improve the templates, or add new CLI presets (like with yargs, oclif, or TypeScript).

📄 License

MIT License © 2025 ClemPixels