create-zenith ⚡

The official CLI for scaffolding new Zenith applications. Fast, animated, and delightful.

Overview

create-zenith is the entry point to the Zenith ecosystem. It provides a signature, high-quality terminal experience for initializing new projects, ensuring you go from command line to localhost in seconds with confidence.

Features

• Animated Logo: A branded, progressive gradient reveal that sets the tone for the framework.
• Interactive UX: Built with @clack/prompts for intuitive arrow-key navigation and clear visual indicators.
• Reliable Fallbacks: Automatically detects CI environments and non-TTY pipes to provide clean, static output.
• Smart Detection: automatically detects your preferred package manager (Bun, pnpm, Yarn, or npm).
• Batteries Included: Optional setup for ESLint, Prettier, and TypeScript path aliases.

Quick Start

# Using npm
npm create zenith@latest

# Using Bun (Recommended)
bun create zenith

# Using pnpm
pnpm create zenith

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | [project-name] | The name of your new project and directory | | -h, --help | Show usage information | | -v, --version | Show version number |

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/zenithbuild/create-zenith.git

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Build the CLI
bun run build

# Test locally
bun run create my-test-app

License

MIT