create-pinit

Scaffold production-ready Node/React projects in one command. No copying, no manual setup.

Usage

# no install needed
npx create-pinit react my-app
npx create-pinit nodepkg my-lib

# or install globally
npm install -g create-pinit
create-pinit react my-app

Templates

| Template | Stack | |---|---| | react | React 19 + Vite 7 + TypeScript 5.8 + Vitest 4 + ESLint 9 flat config | | nodepkg | Node package with tsdown, Vitest 4, Changesets, ESLint 9 flat config |

What you get

Every scaffolded project includes:

• pnpm 10 for dependency management
• ESLint 9 flat config (eslint.config.ts) + Prettier 3
• TypeScript 5.8 strict — noUncheckedIndexedAccess, exactOptionalPropertyTypes
• Vitest 4 with 80–90% coverage thresholds
• Husky commit-msg hook — strips and blocks AI agent attribution lines
• commitlint with conventional commit rules + no-agent-detail plugin
• GitHub Actions CI and GitLab CI pipelines
• VS Code settings — format on save, ESLint flat config, correct extensions
• Dev container — devcontainer.json for Codespaces or local container
• AI agent rules — CLAUDE.md, .claude/rules/, .cursor/rules/ pre-filled

After scaffolding

cd my-app
pnpm install
pnpm dev       # react: start dev server
pnpm test      # all tests pass out of the box