rigg

Create Node.js projects with a modern toolchain

I really like what VoidZero and Vite+ are doing for web development. rigg brings the same toolchain to every Node.js project outside the browser. Use it for backends, CLIs, libraries, scripts, whatever you're building.

Create a new project with rigg

# pnpm
pnpm create rigg@latest

# npm
npm create rigg@latest

# bun
bun create rigg@latest

# yarn
yarn create rigg@latest

What you get

A project created with rigg gets most of the same tools as in the Vite+ toolchain.

| Tool | Role | | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | | Vitest | Testing | | Oxlint | Linting | | Oxfmt | Formatting | | tsdown | Build | | tsx | Dev-mode execution |

Backend framework

You can also choose one of the following backend frameworks:

• Hono - lightweight, modern API framework
• Fastify - fast and low overhead
• Express - familiar and widely supported
• None - where you don't need a backend framework, or you want to pick your own.

Scripts

Every generated project includes:

pnpm dev        # Run with tsx (no build step)
pnpm build      # Build with tsdown
pnpm start      # Run compiled output
pnpm test       # Run Vitest
pnpm check      # Lint + format check + type check
pnpm fmt        # Format
pnpm fmt:check  # Check formatting without writing
pnpm lint       # Lint
pnpm lint:fix   # Lint with auto-fix

You can also use npm or yarn or bun, depending on your package manager.

License

MIT

Author

• Espen Steen