create-launchkit

The official CLI for LaunchKit — Ship your SaaS this weekend.

It clones the right repo, makes it your project, and configures your stack — all in one command.

Usage

npx create-launchkit@latest my-app
# or: pnpm create launchkit@latest my-app

The CLI will:

1. Ask what your app is called (and what it does)
2. Ask which edition you want — Free (open template) or Pro (paid)
3. Clone the matching repo into your project directory
4. Personalize it — set the package name, app name, and a fresh git history
5. Walk you through stack selection (database, auth, payments, AI, storage)
6. Write launchkit.config.ts + apps/web/.env.local, run pnpm install, and migrate
7. Generate a TODO.md checklist of exactly what's built and what keys you still need
8. Optionally generate a CLEANUP.md — a stack-aware prompt you paste into Claude Code / Cursor to safely strip out the providers you didn't pick (it never deletes anything itself, since those edits touch shared factories and pages)

Free vs Pro

| Edition | Repo | Access | |---------|------|--------| | Free | launchkit-free (public, MIT) | Cloned immediately | | Pro | launchkit-pro (private) | Requires your paid GitHub collaborator access |

How Pro access works

Pro is gated by GitHub collaborator access on the private repo — that's the security boundary, so the CLI never asks for or stores any license key.

• If you can already reach the private repo (you've accepted your invite), the CLI clones it directly.
• If not, the CLI opens getlaunchkit.app/portal, where you sign in (this verifies your purchase) and enter your GitHub username to get invited as a collaborator. Accept the invite, return to the terminal, press Enter, and the CLI resumes.

Run from inside an existing clone

If you run the CLI from within a LaunchKit project, it skips cloning and goes straight to the stack wizard to reconfigure your launchkit.config.ts and .env.local.

Options

npx create-launchkit@latest invoices --pro --name="Acme Invoicing" --db=neon --auth=clerk

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | [directory] | Target directory (positional, create-next-app style) | | --free / --pro | Pick the edition without the prompt | | --name="My App" | Your app's name | | --db | neon (default), supabase | | --auth | clerk (default), nextauth, supabase | | --payments | stripe (default), lemonsqueezy, paddle |

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• pnpm 9+
• git
• A LaunchKit Pro purchase (for the Pro edition) — getlaunchkit.app

Documentation

https://getlaunchkit.app/docs