.README.md

${pkg.name}

${badge('npm')} ${badge('license')} ${badge('github-issues')} ${badge('circleci')}

${pkg.description}

${badge('nodei')}

Features

• reads most of the data from package.json
• list npm commands
• author & licence
• use a customizable ES6 template
• badges

Install

npm install --save-dev ${pkg.name}

Usage

Add a command in your package.json :

"scripts": {
  "readme": "node ./node_modules/.bin/node-readme"
},

Then run npm run readme to generate your README.md.

Custom Template

You can copy and customize the default README template and add it to your project as .README.md.

It uses the Javascript ES6 syntax and you can use these macros and variables :

Badges

• badge('npm') : show npm version
• badge('nodei') : show npm dashboard image
• badge('travis-status') : show travis build status
• badge('license') : show license type
• badge('github-issues') : show # of github issues
• badge('github-stars') : show # of github stars
• badge('github-forks') : show # of github forks
• badge('circleci') : show circleci status
• all status from stability-badges

Others

• scripts() : list of npm scripts
• license(): show license type + link
• dependencies() : list of project dependencies
• pkg : direct access to package.json

Scripts

${scripts()}

Dependencies

${dependencies()}

Contributing

Contributions welcome; Please submit all pull requests against the master branch. If your pull request contains JavaScript patches or features, you should include relevant unit tests. Please check the Contributing Guidelines for more details. Thanks!

Author

${pkg.author.name} <${pkg.author.email}> ${pkg.author.url}

License

${license()}