vite-microfrontend-cli
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A CLI tool to create multiple React projects with microfrontend architecture using Vite
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Vite Microfrontend CLI
A command-line interface tool for quickly setting up microfrontend projects using Vite and Module Federation with React.
Features
- Create a main host application
- Generate multiple microfrontend projects
- Automatically configure Vite and Module Federation
- Set up basic React components for each microfrontend
- Create a workspace structure for easy management of all projects
Usage
To use the CLI tool, navigate to your preferred directory in your terminal and run:
npx vite-microfrontend-cli <main-project-name> [options]
Arguments
| Argument | Description |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| <main-project-name>
| Name of the main project (required) |
Options
| Option | Description |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| -n, --number <number>
| Number of microfrontends to create (default: 1) |
Example
To create a main project named "my-app" with 3 microfrontends:
npx vite-microfrontend-cli my-app -n 3
This will:
- Prompt you for names for each microfrontend project
- Create a workspace directory named
my-app-workspace
- Create the specified number of microfrontend projects within the workspace
- Create the main host application within the workspace
- Set up Vite configuration for each project
- Configure Module Federation
- Create basic React components
- Set up a parent
package.json
for managing all projects
Project Structure
After running the command, you'll have the following project structure:
my-app-workspace/
├── package.json
├── my-app-host/ # Main host application
├── my-app-microfrontend1/ # First microfrontend
├── my-app-microfrontend2/ # Second microfrontend
└── my-app-microfrontend3/ # Third microfrontend
Each project will be set up with Vite and configured for Module Federation.
Development
To start development, navigate to the workspace directory and run:
npm run preview-all
Remember to run the remote application and host application in Preview mode when developing instead of Development mode to get the file serving working.
so running npx vite-microfrontend-cli <main-project-name> [options]
installs dependencies for all projects, builds them. You don't need to run npm run install-all
or npm run build-all
separately unless you want to perform these steps individually.
If you do want to run the steps separately, you can use:
npm run install-all
npm run build-all
npm run preview-all
You can also manage each project individually:
- Navigate to a specific project folder (e.g.,
cd my-app-host
orcd my-app-microfrontend1
) - Run the following commands as needed:
npm install # Install dependencies for this project
npm run build # Build this project
npm run dev # Start the development server for this project
Building for Production
To build all projects for production, run:
npm run build-all
in the workspace directory.
Type check
To type check and catch errors early, run:
npm run type-check
in the workspace directory.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
Troubleshooting
If you encounter any issues during setup or execution, please check the following:
- Ensure you have the latest version of Node.js and npm installed.
- Make sure you have sufficient permissions to create directories and install packages.
- You can connect with me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ujjwal-tiwari202/
Author
Ujjwal Tiwari
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.