⚡ Template Engine (tpe)

A powerful CLI tool to create and manage project templates — fast, consistent, and customizable. Developed and maintained by @crixeen.

🚀 Overview

Template Engine (or simply tpe) allows you to quickly scaffold new projects from predefined templates. You can use local templates (included inside the project) and — in future updates — connect to remote templates.

📂 Project Structure

template_engine/
├── 📁bin
│   └── tpe.js
├── 📁src
│   ├── cli.js
│   ├── main.js
│   └── 📁utils
│       ├── paths.js
│       ├── prompts.js
│       └── templates.js
├── 📁templates
│   └── 📁node
│       └── 📁js
│           └── 📁template
│               ├── metadata.json
│               ├── package.json
│               ├── README.md
│               └── src/
├── .gitignore
├── package.json
└── README.md

⚙️ Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/crixeen/template_engine.git
cd template_engine

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

To use the CLI globally (for testing during development):

pnpm link

Now you can run it anywhere using:

tpe

🧱 Template Naming Rules

All templates must follow this structure:

templates/
└── <category>/
    └── <template-name>/
        ├── metadata.json
        ├── package.json
        ├── README.md
        └── src/

Example:

templates/
└── node/
    └── express-api/
        ├── metadata.json
        ├── package.json
        ├── README.md
        └── src/

This keeps all templates organized and easy to locate by category (like node, react, etc.) and language (js, ts, etc.).

🧩 Usage Example

To create a new project:

npx tpe create

You’ll be prompted to select a template and provide a project name.

📜 License

MIT © 2025 — @crixeen