📁 create-instant-file-structure

A simple CLI tool that generates files and folders from a tree-like text structure.
Perfect for bootstrapping project directories fast from a single paste.

📦 Installation

npm install -g create-instant-file-structure

🚀 Usage

create-structure

Paste a structure like this into the terminal:

/project
  /src
    index.js
    app.js
  /public
    index.html
  README.md
  package.json

Then press Ctrl+D (Linux/macOS) or Ctrl+Z then Enter (Windows) to finish input.

It will create this exact structure in your current directory.

✅ Example

create-structure

📥 Paste your structure below (Ctrl+D to finish):

/my-app
  /components
    Header.js
    Footer.js
  /styles
    main.css
  index.js
  package.json

✔️ Output:

📁 Created: ./my-app
📁 Created: ./my-app/components
📄 Created: ./my-app/components/Header.js
📄 Created: ./my-app/components/Footer.js
📁 Created: ./my-app/styles
📄 Created: ./my-app/styles/main.css
📄 Created: ./my-app/index.js
📄 Created: ./my-app/package.json

🛠 Features

• Create folder/file trees from pasted input
• Auto-detects indentation levels
• Adds visual feedback with icons and colors (via chalk)
• Lightweight and fast

⚠️ Notes

• Folders must start with a /
• Indentation must be 2 spaces per level
• Files don’t need slashes

🧑‍💻 Contributing

Pull requests and feedback are welcome!

📄 License

MIT