create-something

A CLI to scaffold Turborepo monorepos with options:

• Next.js (shadcn)
• Expo mobile app
• Prisma

Usage

pnpm create something@latest

or

npm create something@latest

You'll be prompted for:

• Project name — the directory name and package scope
• Next.js app — includes a Next.js app with shadcn/ui, ESLint, and Docker support
• Expo mobile app — includes a Expo (SDK 55) app
• Prisma database — includes a Prisma package with PostgreSQL, Docker Compose, and migrations

What gets scaffolded

my-app/
  apps/
    web/               # Next.js app with shadcn/ui
    mobile/            # Expo app
  packages/
    db/                # Prisma client and schema
    eslint-config/     # Shared ESLint configuration
    typescript-config/ # Shared TypeScript configuration
  .env
  docker-compose.yml   # PostgreSQL container
  Dockerfile           # Multi-stage build for Next.js
  turbo.json

Components are removed cleanly if you opt out. For example, skipping the database removes the packages/db directory, Docker Compose, and all related scripts.

Development

git clone https://github.com/ossly/create-something.git
cd create-something
pnpm install
pnpm build

Building templates

Templates are pre-built archives stored in GitHub Releases. The CLI downloads these at runtime instead of scaffolding from scratch. This makes creating something super fast.

To rebuild:

pnpm build-template pnpm   # or npm

This runs all scaffolding steps (Turborepo, shadcn, Expo, Prisma, Prettier), strips build artifacts, replaces the project name with a {{projectName}} placeholder, and outputs to output/.

CI automatically builds and uploads templates for both pnpm and npm on push to main.

Project structure

src/
  index.ts            # CLI entry point
  build-template.ts   # Template builder entry point
  types.ts            # Shared types and constants
  generators/         # Output generators (Dockerfile, README, removal logic)
  steps/              # Template builder steps (monorepo, nextjs, database, etc.)
  utils/              # Shared utilities (exec, fs helpers, download, template replacement)

License

MIT © Iñigo Taibo