Create Nitro Lib CLI

A command-line tool to generate React Native Nitro Modules templates quickly and consistently, following industry best practices and modern tooling.

Usage

Create a new Nitro module project:

bunx create-nitro-lib my-module

With options:

bunx create-nitro-lib my-module --skip-install

Features

• 🚀 Interactive project setup
• 📦 Complete project structure generation
• 🔧 TypeScript support out of the box
• 📱 Example app included
• 🏗️ Android and iOS native code structure
• 📋 Ready-to-use configuration files

Project Structure

The generated project includes:

react-native-my-module/
├── package/               # The nitro module package
│   ├── src/              # TypeScript source code with specs
│   ├── android/          # Android native implementation
│   ├── ios/              # iOS native implementation
│   ├── cpp/              # C++ shared implementation
│   └── nitro.json        # Nitro configuration
├── example/              # Expo example app
├── scripts/              # Build scripts
├── package.json          # Workspace configuration
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

Development

To work on this CLI tool:

git clone <repo-url>
cd nitro-lib-template-cli
bun install
bun run build
bun link

Then you can test it locally:

create-nitro-lib test-module

Scripts

• bun run build - Build the CLI
• bun run dev - Run in development mode
• bun run test - Test the CLI by generating a project
• bun run publish:npm - Publish to NPM
• bun run publish:dry - Dry run to see what will be published

Publishing

When you're ready to publish:

# Test everything works
bun run test

# Check what will be published
bun run publish:dry

# Publish to NPM (you'll need 2FA code)
bun run publish:npm

License

MIT