create-lens-journal

Scaffold a new Lens Journal photo-journal site in seconds.

Usage

# npm
npm create lens-journal@latest

# pnpm
pnpm create lens-journal

# yarn
yarn create lens-journal

# bun
bun create lens-journal

You can also pass the target directory directly:

npm create lens-journal@latest my-journal

The CLI will:

1. Copy the starter template (an Astro site wired to @lens-journal/theme).
2. Set your project name.
3. Optionally install dependencies with your detected package manager.

After scaffolding

cd my-journal
npm install        # if you skipped install
npm run dev        # start the dev server

npx lens import ./photos   # import EXIF-aware photos into entries

What you get

• A production-ready Astro site with a timeline, gallery, world map, and per-camera / per-lens browsing.
• Shared design tokens from @lens-journal/theme.
• Content validated by the same schema the lens CLI writes, so frontmatter never drifts.

See the main documentation for the full workflow.