create-precast-app

🚀 Build TypeScript projects with SUPERHUMAN SPEED!

Choose your stack, configure your powers, and launch into action!

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✨ Features

🎯 Visual Builder - Configure your stack visually at precast.dev/builder
🎨 Multi-framework support - React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, Nuxt, Svelte, Solid, Remix, Astro, Vite, and Vanilla JS
🔧 Backend integration - Express, Fastify, Hono, NestJS, or Next.js API Routes
🗄️ Database setup - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite with Prisma, Drizzle, or TypeORM
🔐 Authentication - Better Auth, NextAuth, Clerk, Supabase Auth, Auth0, Firebase Auth
💅 UI libraries - Shadcn/ui, DaisyUI, Material UI, Chakra UI, Ant Design, Mantine
🤖 AI Integration - Claude Code with MCP servers, GitHub Copilot configuration
📦 Smart package management - Automatic fallback handling for compatibility issues

🚀 Quick Start

Option 1: Visual Builder (Recommended)

Visit precast.dev/builder to visually configure your stack and copy the generated command.

Option 2: Command Line

# Interactive mode
npx create-precast-app@latest

# With options
npx create-precast-app my-app --framework react --backend express --database postgres

# Full configuration
npx create-precast-app my-app \
  --framework next \
  --backend express \
  --database postgres \
  --orm prisma \
  --styling tailwind \
  --ui-library shadcn \
  --auth better-auth \
  --install

📖 Commands

Command	Description	Documentation
`init`	Create a new project with your chosen stack	Docs
`add`	Add resources to existing project (component, route, api)	Docs
`add-features`	Add features to existing project (UI libs, AI context)	Docs
`list`	List available templates and features	Docs
`banner`	Create a banner template for customization	Docs

Examples

# Create a Next.js app with everything configured
npx create-precast-app my-nextjs-app \
  --framework next \
  --backend none \
  --database postgres \
  --orm prisma \
  --styling tailwind \
  --ui-library shadcn \
  --auth better-auth \
  --ai claude \
  --mcp-servers postgresql,github \
  --install

# Create a React + Express full-stack app
npx create-precast-app my-fullstack-app \
  --framework react \
  --backend express \
  --database postgres \
  --orm drizzle \
  --api-client tanstack-query \
  --install

# Add authentication to existing project
npx create-precast-app add-features \
  --auth better-auth \
  --provider github,google

🛠️ Available Options

Category	Options
Frontend Frameworks	`react` `vue` `angular` `next` `nuxt` `svelte` `solid` `remix` `astro` `vite` `vanilla`
Backend Frameworks	`express` `fastify` `hono` `nest` `none`
Databases	`postgres` `mysql` `sqlite` `mongodb` `none`
ORMs	`prisma` `drizzle` `typeorm` `mongoose` `none`
Styling	`tailwind` `css` `scss` `css-modules` `styled-components` `emotion`
UI Libraries	`shadcn` `daisyui` `material-ui` `chakra-ui` `ant-design` `mantine`
Authentication	`better-auth` `next-auth` `clerk` `supabase-auth` `auth0` `firebase-auth`
AI Assistance	`claude` `copilot` `none`

📈 Star History

🎯 Why Precast?

Zero Config - Sensible defaults that just work
Production Ready - Best practices and security built-in
Type Safe - Full TypeScript support across the stack
Modern Stack - Latest versions of all dependencies
AI Ready - Claude Code and GitHub Copilot pre-configured
Fast Development - Hot reload, auto-completion, and more
Extensible - Easy to customize and extend

🔧 Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/BuunGroupCore/precast-app.git

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build the CLI
pnpm --filter create-precast-app build

# Test locally
./packages/cli/dist/cli.js init test-project

🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.

How to Contribute

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

💖 Sponsors

A huge thank you to our sponsors who make this project possible!

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👥 Contributors

Thanks to all the amazing people who have contributed to this project!

📄 License

🔗 Links

🚨 Security

For security issues, please email security@precast.dev instead of using the issue tracker.

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