create-what

Scaffold a new What Framework project with one command.

Usage

npx create-what my-app
cd my-app
npm install
npm run dev

Or with Bun:

bun create what@latest my-app

Skip prompts

npx create-what my-app --yes

Options

The scaffolder prompts you for:

1. Project name -- directory to create
2. React compat -- include what-react for using React libraries (zustand, TanStack Query, etc.)
3. CSS approach -- vanilla CSS, Tailwind CSS v4, or StyleX

What You Get

my-app/
  src/
    main.jsx         # App entry point with counter example
    styles.css        # Styles (vanilla, Tailwind, or StyleX)
  public/
    favicon.svg       # What Framework logo
  index.html          # HTML entry
  vite.config.js      # Pre-configured Vite (What compiler or React compat)
  tsconfig.json       # TypeScript config
  package.json
  .gitignore

With React compat enabled

The scaffold includes a working zustand demo showing a React state library running on What's signal engine.

With Tailwind CSS

Tailwind v4 is configured via @tailwindcss/vite. The counter example uses utility classes.

With StyleX

StyleX is configured via vite-plugin-stylex. The counter example uses stylex.create() and stylex.props().

Scripts

| Script | Command | |---|---| | npm run dev | Start Vite dev server | | npm run build | Production build | | npm run preview | Preview production build |

Links

• Documentation
• GitHub

License

MIT