create-next-strict

Scaffold a Next.js project with opinionated strict defaults in one command.

What You Get

| Category | Choice | | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Language | TypeScript | | Router | App Router with src/ directory | | Linter/Formatter | Biome (JS/TS/CSS/JSON) | | Testing | Vitest + Testing Library | | Formatter (MD/HTML) | Prettier | | Database | Neon (Serverless Postgres) | | ORM | Drizzle ORM | | React Compiler | Enabled | | Node version manager | Volta | | Editor | Zed settings included | | Indentation | Tabs, 80-column line width |

Usage

mkdir my-app && cd my-app
npx create-next-strict

Automatically detects context:

• Empty directory (no package.json) — scaffolds with create-next-app, then applies strict defaults
• Existing project (has package.json) — applies strict defaults only

Options

| Flag | Description | | ----------------- | -------------------------------- | | --dry-run, -d | Preview changes without applying | | --help, -h | Show help |

Examples

# Full setup: scaffold a new project + apply strict defaults
mkdir my-app && cd my-app
npx create-next-strict

# Apply strict defaults to an existing Next.js project
cd existing-app
npx create-next-strict

# Preview what would happen
npx create-next-strict --dry-run