Built a tiny CLI to scaffold Vite npm libraries + live consumer apps

I kept rebuilding the same setup over and over whenever starting a small npm library project:

• Vite library config
• example code
• Vitest setup for example code
• exports
• watch mode
• subpath/modifier exports
• local consumer app
• linking/testing workflow

So I finally turned my own workflow into a small CLI scaffolder.

It creates:

workspace/
├── app/        -> lightweight consumer test app
└── my-lib/     -> Vite library

Features currently include:

• Vite library mode
• ESM + CJS builds
• subpath exports
• watch command
• live local testing workflow
• modifier structure example
• minimal boilerplate

Install:

npm i -g create-lib-workspace

Usage:

create-lib-workspace demo my-lib @demo/my-lib

🔗 Go the github repo

Mainly built this for my own workflow, but maybe useful for others doing small utility/package development.

Curious how others structure their lib + live consumer setup these days.