create-kestrel

Scaffolds a Kestrel site — a collection-driven CMS that renders published content to static HTML.

pnpm create kestrel my-site
cd my-site && pnpm install && pnpm dev

It asks for an admin password and writes a project that runs as-is: a nuxt.config.ts extending the engine, an app shell that renders, and a .env holding a fresh session secret plus the scrypt hash of your password. Sign in at http://localhost:3000/admin.

| Flag | | | --- | --- | | --name <name> | package name (default: the directory name, slugified) | | --password <pw> | set the admin password without prompting | | --yes | never prompt; leaves KESTREL_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH for you to fill in | | --force | scaffold into a directory that is not empty |

To add Kestrel to an existing project, use the engine's own CLI instead — it merges rather than refuses:

pnpm add @michaelthielemann/kestrel
pnpm kestrel init

Documentation: https://github.com/MichaelThielemann/kestrel#documentation