Sweet Starter

Modern, opinionated starter templates for web development.

Quick Start

npm create sweet

Or use your preferred package manager:

# npm
npm create sweet

# yarn
yarn create sweet

# pnpm
pnpm create sweet

Templates

Template	Description	Size
Next.js Monorepo	Turborepo + Next.js + shadcn/ui + Biome + Knip	~300 KB
React + Vite	React 19 + Vite + Tailwind CSS v4 + shadcn/ui	~120 KB
Tauri Desktop	Tauri 2 + Next.js + Elysia + Turborepo	~800 KB

CLI Features

• 🎯 Interactive Selection — Arrow-key navigation for template selection
• 🔍 Environment Check — Validates Node.js, pnpm, Rust (Tauri), Bun (Tauri)
• ⚡ Auto Install — Runs pnpm install automatically after download
• 📦 Git Init — Initializes Git repository with initial commit
• 🏷️ Project Naming — Auto-updates package.json, index.html, and README
• 🚀 Auto Open — Optionally opens project in VS Code

Tech Stack

All templates share these modern tools:

Category	Tools
Framework	Next.js 16 / React 19 / Tauri 2
Language	TypeScript 5.7+ (Strict Mode)
Styling	Tailwind CSS v4
Components	shadcn/ui
Linting	Biome
Dead Code	Knip
Package Manager	pnpm

Requirements

Common

• Node.js >= 20
• pnpm >= 10

Tauri Desktop Only

• Rust (install: rustup.rs)
• Bun (install: bun.sh)

Usage

# Create new project
npm create sweet

# Follow the interactive prompts:
# 1. Select template
# 2. Enter project name
# 3. Wait for download & install
# 4. Start coding!

Project Structure

Next.js Monorepo

my-app/
├── apps/
│   └── web/                 # Next.js application
├── packages/
│   ├── ui/                  # Shared UI components
│   └── typescript-config/   # Shared TS configs
├── biome.json
├── turbo.json
└── pnpm-workspace.yaml

React + Vite

my-app/
├── src/
│   ├── components/ui/       # shadcn/ui components
│   ├── lib/
│   ├── App.tsx
│   └── main.tsx
├── index.html
└── vite.config.ts

Tauri Desktop

my-app/
├── apps/
│   ├── web/                 # Next.js frontend
│   ├── backend/             # Elysia API server
│   └── tauri/               # Tauri desktop shell
├── packages/
│   ├── ui/                  # Shared UI components
│   └── api-client/          # Eden Treaty client
└── turbo.json

CLI Architecture

sweet/starter/
├── create-sweet/           # CLI package (published to npm)
│   ├── src/index.ts
│   └── dist/
│
└── templates/              # Starter templates
    ├── nextjs-monorepo/
    ├── react-vite/
    └── tauri-desktop/

Development

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/sweet/starter.git
cd starter

# Install CLI dependencies
cd create-sweet
pnpm install

# Build CLI
pnpm build

# Test CLI locally
node dist/index.js

Roadmap

• Add more templates (Svelte, Vue, etc.)
• Template versioning
• Custom template sources
• Offline mode

License

MIT © sweet