August 2025. Many commands. Create site, add plugin, run migrations, generate types.

All in different scripts. Need to remember where everything is.

Solution

typus-cli. Single entry point.

typus create my-site
typus plugin add newsletter
typus db migrate
typus generate types

How it's built

Commander.js for parsing commands. Inquirer for interactive questions.

program
  .command('create <name>')
  .description('Create new site')
  .option('--template <template>', 'Template to use')
  .action(async (name, options) => {
    await createSite(name, options)
  })

What it can do

• create - new site from template
• plugin add/remove - manage plugins
• db migrate/seed/reset - database
• generate types/routes/docs - code generation
• release - create release
• dev/build/start - development and run

How much code

3700 files in a week. Most of it - templates and generators.

The CLI itself - ~50 files. The rest - what it generates.

Why my own

npm init, create-vite, create-next - all do their own thing. I need my own, tailored for TYPUS.

Plugins, DSL, multi-site - standard tools don't have this.