📁 Scaffold Tree CLI

Instantly generate real folder structures from pasted trees.

Supports:

✅ Space-based indentation

✅ ASCII trees (├──, └──, │)

✅ Deep nested projects

✅ Large scaffolds (SaaS, backend, monorepos, etc.)

Perfect for turning ChatGPT folder trees into real projects.

🚀 Install Global Install (from npm) npm install -g scaffold-tree-cli

Then run:

scaffold-tree-cli 🧠 What It Does

Give it a folder tree like this:

saas-platform package.json src main.ts modules auth auth.controller.ts auth.service.ts tests auth.test.ts

And it generates:

saas-platform/ ├── package.json ├── src/ │ ├── main.ts │ └── modules/ │ └── auth/ │ ├── auth.controller.ts │ └── auth.service.ts └── tests/ └── auth.test.ts

All files created instantly.

📦 Usage Method 1 — Paste Directly scaffold-tree-cli

Paste your structure.

Press:

Ctrl + D

Done.

Method 2 — Pipe From File (Recommended) scaffold-tree-cli < structure.txt 🌲 Supported Formats 1️⃣ Space-Based my-app src index.ts utils helper.ts 2️⃣ ASCII Tree (ChatGPT / Unix style) my-app/ ├── src/ │ ├── index.ts │ └── utils/ │ └── helper.ts └── package.json

Both formats work.

⚙️ Behavior

Directories are created recursively

Files are detected by presence of .

Existing files are not overwritten

Root folder is created inside current working directory

💡 Use Cases

Rapid project scaffolding

Convert ChatGPT responses into real structure

Create backend module layout

Spin up SaaS skeletons

Teaching folder architecture

🛠 Development

Clone repo:

git clone cd scaffold-tree-cli

Build:

npm run build

Test locally:

npm link scaffold-tree-cli 📌 Example Large Scaffold

Works with deeply nested trees like:

SaaS platforms

Express APIs

NestJS modules

Microservices

Docker setups

Monorepos

📄 License

ISC