create-just-dom

Scaffold a Vite app with just-dom, a ready-made jd.config (jd.config.ts or jd.config.js), and your choice of official plugins and CSS stack (plain CSS, Tailwind CSS v4, or Tailwind + DaisyUI).

Full documentation: App setup → Start a new project and Installation.

Usage

npm create just-dom@latest
npm create just-dom@latest my-app
npm create just-dom@latest .   # scaffold into the current directory (must be empty)

Interactive (default in a TTY): three separate keyboard-driven screens, in order: Language (TypeScript vs JavaScript) → CSS framework (none, Tailwind v4, or Tailwind + DaisyUI) → Plugins (multi-select, all optional). Use ↑/↓ to move, Space to toggle or pick, Enter to confirm.

Non-interactive (CI or scripts): use --yes or pass explicit flags:

| Flag | Effect | |------|--------| | --ts, --typescript | Vite vanilla-ts | | --js, --javascript | Vite vanilla (.js files) | | --plugins=<list> | Comma-separated plugins: router, signals, lucide | | --no-plugins | Install just-dom only (no @just-dom/* plugins) | | --css=<option> | none | tailwind | tailwind-daisyui | | --no-css | Same as --css=none | | --pnpm | Use pnpm add in the new folder | | -y, --yes | Skip prompts (defaults: TypeScript, no plugins, no CSS framework) | | -h, --help | Help |

npm create just-dom@latest my-app -- --yes
npm create just-dom@latest my-app -- --js --no-plugins --no-css
npm create just-dom@latest my-app -- --ts --plugins=router,lucide --css=tailwind --pnpm

Then:

cd my-app
npm install   # if Vite did not install deps yet
npm run dev

With --css=tailwind or tailwind-daisyui, the CLI adds tailwindcss, @tailwindcss/vite, wires vite.config, and generates a starter style.css using Tailwind v4 (@import "tailwindcss"). DaisyUI adds the @plugin "daisyui/index.js" line.

If stdin is not a TTY and you omit flags, defaults are TypeScript, no plugins, and no CSS framework.

Monorepo development

From the just-dom repository root:

pnpm create:app ../path/to/my-app

From any directory (including an empty folder under examples/…), pnpm create:app uses your current shell directory for . and for relative names—thanks to INIT_CWD—not only the repo root.

License

Same as the parent monorepo.