typescript-cli-starter

A simple and zero-opinion typescript starter template for building cross-platform command line applications.

Includes:

• TypeScript, for writing good code
• Ava, for writing good tests
• Commander, for building CLI applications
• Pkg, for building cross-platform native executables

Your application will be installable from npm or by sharing your native executables.

Usage

dev

npm run dev

Runs the CLI application.

You can pass arguments to your application by running npm run dev -- --your-argument. The extra -- is so that your arguments are passed to your CLI application, and not npm.

clean

npm run clean

Removes any built code and any built executables.

build

npm run build

Cleans, then builds the TypeScript code.

Your built code will be in the ./dist/ directory.

test

npm run test

Cleans, then builds, and tests the built code.

bundle

npm run bundle

Cleans, then builds, then bundles into native executables for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Your shareable executables will be in the ./exec/ directory.