higen 👋

a convention-based templated folder and file generator

higen allows you to easily and quickly create templates which can be used to generate folders and files in any structure you wish.

• mustache.js is used as the templating language
• Folder names and file names can both contain template tokens
• HiGen provides some built-in values, such as current Git branch name and repo and current date and time

Getting started

Installing the CLI

Get started by installing HiGen via the CLI.

What you'll need

• Node.js version 16.14 or above.

Install HiGen

Install globally via NPM:

npm install -g higen

You can verify the installation by running:

higen

Usage guide

Generating from a template

You can run your generator on a template by simply passing the template name as the first argument to the higen command:

higen <my-template-name>

For example, to run the code-review template:

higen code-review

Listing templates

You can view the list of templates currently available using the help templates command:

$ higen templates

Creating your own template

Contact

Please feel free to contact Jonathan, the project maintainer.

• X/Twitter - @conwy
• Bluesky - @conwy.bsky.social
• Github - @jonathanconway
• Email - [email protected]