Create Cascade App

A CLI tool to create Cascade projects with interactive framework and starter selection.

Quick Start

bun create cascade

Features

• Create in a new folder or directly in the current folder
• Interactive framework selection (core, react, solid)
• Multiple built-in starter code presets per framework
• Scaffold only by default (no install, no auto-run)

Frameworks

• core: Vanilla Cascade API
• react: Cascade + React renderer
• solid: Cascade + Solid renderer

Starter Presets

Core

• minimal
• counter
• layout

React

• minimal
• counter
• login

Solid

• minimal
• counter
• input

CLI Options

Options:
  -f, --framework <name>  Framework: core, react, solid
  -s, --starter <name>    Starter preset for selected framework
  --here                  Use current directory
  --install               Run bun install after scaffolding
  --start                 Run bun install, then bun run dev
  -h, --help              Show help

Examples

# Interactive mode
bun create cascade

# Create in current folder
bun create cascade --here

# Create React app with counter starter
bun create cascade my-app -f react -s counter

# Scaffold then install
bun create cascade my-app --install

Behavior

• By default, the CLI only scaffolds files.
• With --install, it runs bun install in the target directory.
• With --start, it runs bun install then bun run dev.

Package

Published on npm as create-cascade.