create-revite

A CLI tool to quickly scaffold React + Vite + Tailwind CSS projects with starter templates.

Usage

Quick Start

# Create a new project with default template
npx create-revite my-project

# Create with specific template
npx create-revite my-project --template dashboard

# Create in current directory
npx create-revite . --template landing

# Create with TypeScript
npx create-revite my-project --template blog --typescript

✨ Templates

Choose from professionally designed starter templates:

# Basic template (default) - Clean welcome page
npx create-revite my-app

# Dashboard template - Admin dashboard with stats & charts
npx create-revite my-app --template dashboard

# Landing page template - Marketing/product page with hero section
npx create-revite my-app --template landing

# Blog template - Blog layout with posts and newsletter
npx create-revite my-app --template blog

All Options

# Template options
npx create-revite my-project --template <basic|dashboard|landing|blog>

# TypeScript support
npx create-revite my-project -ts
npx create-revite my-project --typescript

# Skip Tailwind CSS (not recommended)
npx create-revite my-project --no-tailwind

# Use latest version
npx create-revite@latest my-project

What it does

This tool creates a complete React development environment with:

• ⚡ Vite - Fast build tool and dev server
• ⚛️ React - Modern JavaScript library for building user interfaces
• 🎨 Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework (optional)
• 📝 TypeScript support - Optional TypeScript configuration
• 🔥 Hot reload - Instant updates during development

Project Structure

After running the command, you'll get a project structure like this:

my-project/
├── public/
│   └── vite.svg
├── src/
│   ├── assets/
│   │   └── react.svg
│   ├── App.jsx (or App.tsx)
│   ├── index.css
│   └── main.jsx (or main.tsx)
├── index.html
├── package.json
├── vite.config.js (or vite.config.ts)
└── README.md

Configuration Details

Vite Configuration

The generated vite.config.js/ts includes:

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react(), tailwindcss()],
})

Tailwind CSS Setup

Tailwind is configured using the new Vite plugin approach:

1. Packages installed: tailwindcss and @tailwindcss/vite
2. Plugin added to Vite configuration
3. CSS import added to src/index.css:

   @import "tailwindcss";

4. Sample styling applied to demonstrate Tailwind classes

Available Scripts

After project creation, you can run:

• npm run dev - Start development server
• npm run build - Build for production
• npm run preview - Preview production build locally
• npm run lint - Run ESLint (if TypeScript template)

Options

Option	Description	Default
-t, --template <name>	Choose starter template: basic, dashboard, landing, blog	basic
-ts, --typescript	Use TypeScript template	JavaScript
--no-tailwind	Skip Tailwind CSS installation	Includes Tailwind

Requirements

• Node.js 14.0.0 or higher
• npm or yarn

Examples

Dashboard application:

npx create-revite admin-panel --template dashboard
cd admin-panel
npm run dev

Landing page with TypeScript:

npx create-revite my-product --template landing --typescript
cd my-product
npm run dev

Blog project:

npx create-revite my-blog --template blog
cd my-blog
npm run dev

Basic project in current directory:

mkdir my-project && cd my-project
npx create-revite .
npm run dev

React + Vite without Tailwind:

npx create-revite my-app --no-tailwind

🎨 Template Showcase

🏠 Basic Template

Perfect for learning or simple projects:

• Clean welcome page with React + Vite + Tailwind branding
• Animated logos and call-to-action buttons
• Minimal, focused design

📊 Dashboard Template

Ready-to-use admin interface:

• Header with navigation and actions
• Stats cards with metrics display
• Recent activity feed
• Responsive grid layout

🚀 Landing Page Template

Professional marketing page:

• Hero section with compelling copy
• Features showcase with icons
• Navigation bar and footer
• Call-to-action buttons
• Gradient backgrounds

📝 Blog Template

Complete blog layout:

• Featured post section
• Blog post grid with metadata
• Newsletter signup form
• Clean typography and spacing
• Responsive design

Features

• 🚀 Fast setup - Get started in seconds, not hours
• 🎨 4 Beautiful templates - Professional designs for different use cases
• 🎯 Sensible defaults - Pre-configured for optimal development
• 🧩 Modular - Choose TypeScript and/or Tailwind
• 📦 Latest packages - Always uses the latest stable versions
• ⚡ Production ready - Optimized builds and modern tooling

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT © Justin Karso

Changelog

1.1.0

• 🎨 NEW: Multiple starter templates (basic, dashboard, landing, blog)
• 🚀 NEW: --template option to choose from professional designs
• ✨ IMPROVED: Enhanced user experience with template showcase
• 📝 IMPROVED: Better error messages and validation

1.0.1

• 🐛 FIX: Improved error handling with more descriptive messages
• 🔧 FIX: Better Windows compatibility for npm commands

1.0.0

• 🎉 Initial release
• React + Vite + Tailwind CSS scaffolding
• TypeScript support
• Current directory installation
• Tailwind CSS optional installation