create-nexusts

Scaffold a new NexusTS project — Bun-native fullstack framework.

The official scaffolder for NexusTS. Creates a new project with the framework's MVC + DI + routing + validation stack pre-configured, plus your choice of view engine, ORM, and database.

Quick start

# All three forms are equivalent:
npm create nexusts@latest my-app
npx create-nexusts@latest my-app
bunx create-nexusts@latest my-app

Then:

cd my-app
bun install
bun run dev

Your app will be running at http://localhost:3000.

Options

| Flag | Default | Description | |------|---------|-------------| | --style | nest | Routing style: nest, adonis, functional | | --view | rendu | View engine: rendu, edge, eta, inertia, none | | --orm | drizzle | ORM: drizzle, prisma, kysely, none | | --db | bun-sqlite | Database: bun-sqlite, postgres, mysql, none |

Examples

# Minimal: NestJS-style + Rendu + Drizzle + SQLite
npm create nexusts@latest my-app

# Inertia.js v3 + React SPA
npm create nexusts@latest my-app --view inertia

# No ORM (just an HTTP skeleton)
npm create nexusts@latest my-app --orm none --db none

# Functional handler style (Hono-style)
npm create nexusts@latest my-app --style functional

What you get

A complete project structure:

my-app/
├── app/
│   ├── app.module.ts          # Root module
│   ├── app.controller.ts      # Example controller
│   ├── app.service.ts         # Example service
│   └── main.ts                # Bootstrap (listens on PORT)
├── app.config.ts              # Framework config (loaded at boot)
├── package.json               # @nexusts/core + your chosen add-ons
├── tsconfig.json              # Legacy decorators (Bun 1.3 compatible)
└── README.md                  # Project-specific README

Internally this runs npx @nexusts/core init in the new directory — you can use that command directly in an existing project to add NexusTS without losing files.

Help

create-nexusts --help     # Show usage
create-nexusts --version  # Show version

License

MIT — see the LICENSE file in the main NexusTS repo.