Komutan

A CLI tool for creating and managing CommanderJS CLI tools inspired by cobra-cli

Features

• Scaffold initial typescript app structure
• Add new command
• Test CLI locally by building and linkingæ
• Publish to npmjs

Install

From npmjs

npm i -g komutan
komutan

From github

Clone and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/atasoya/komutan.git
cd komutan
npm install
npm run build
npm link
komutan

Usage

Create fresh CLI app

Creates initial clean typescript CLI app structure

komutan init <name>

Project Structure

./
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts              # CLI entry (Commander)
│   └── program/
│       ├── metadata.ts       # CLI metadata
│       ├── program.ts        # Main program object
│       └── commands/         # CLI commands
│           ├── hello.ts
│           └── index.ts      # Main entry
├── package.json
├── package-lock.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── .gitignore

Add new commands

Adds new command by creating name.ts and adding import to the index.ts

komutan add <name>

Command Template

import { program } from "../program";

program.command('#name#')
    .description('Description of the command')
    .action(() => {
        console.log("#name#");
  });
`;

Test CLI localy

Combines npm run build and npm link to one command.

komutan test

Publish CLI to npmjs

Version and publish to npmjs (you may need to login first: npm login )

komutan publish