create-arc-web

Zero-dependency project scaffolder for Arc. Interactive wizard with arrow-key menus, 5 built-in templates, and auto-detected package manager.

npx create-arc-web

Features

• Interactive wizard — arrow-key menus for template, package manager, and install preference
• 5 templates — static site, counter, blog, full-stack API, CMS with OAuth
• Auto-detects your package manager — bun, pnpm, yarn, or npm; detected one floated to top
• Zero dependencies — pure Node built-ins, works offline, no npm install needed
• CI-friendly — fully non-interactive with --template, --pm, --no-install flags

Templates

Template	Description
default	Static page — heading, text, CSS design block
counter	Interactive counter with @state reactive variable
blog	Build-time posts with @build — zero JS shipped
api	Full-stack REST API with @route, db models, background job
cms	CMS with GitHub/Google OAuth, admin panel, @live data

Usage

# Interactive wizard
npx create-arc-web

# Name pre-filled, still prompts for template + pm
npx create-arc-web my-app

# Fully non-interactive (CI)
npx create-arc-web my-blog --template blog --no-install

# All flags
npx create-arc-web my-api --template api --pm bun --install

Options

Flag	Values	Default
--template	default | counter | blog | api | cms	interactive
--pm	bun | npm | pnpm | yarn	auto-detected
--install	—	interactive
--no-install	—	interactive
--version / -v	—	print version
--help / -h	—	print help

Also available as arc new

npm i -g @arc-lang/arc
arc new

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.