Update cli prompts

.changeset/ready-bags-prove.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-better-t-stack": patch
+---
+
+Update CLI prompts

apps/cli/README.md

@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ Options:
   --auth                          Include authentication
   --no-auth                       Exclude authentication
   --frontend <types...>           Frontend types (web, native, none)
-  --addons <types...>             Additional addons (pwa, tauri, biome, husky)
+  --addons <types...>             Additional addons (pwa, tauri, biome, husky, none)
-  --no-addons                     Skip all additional addons
   --examples <types...>           Examples to include (todo, ai)
   --no-examples                   Skip all examples
   --git                           Initialize git repository

apps/cli/package.json

@@ -7,11 +7,35 @@
 	"bin": {
 		"create-better-t-stack": "dist/index.js"
 	},
-	"files": [
+	"files": ["dist", "template"],
-		"dist",
+	"keywords": [
-		"template"
+		"typescript",
+		"scaffold",
+		"generator",
+		"boilerplate",
+		"starter",
+		"cli",
+		"create-app",
+		"t3-stack",
+		"turborepo",
+		"trpc",
+		"monorepo",
+		"fullstack",
+		"type-safety",
+		"react",
+		"react-native",
+		"expo",
+		"hono",
+		"elysia",
+		"drizzle",
+		"prisma",
+		"tanstack",
+		"tailwind",
+		"shadcn",
+		"pwa",
+		"tauri",
+		"biome"
 	],
-	"keywords": [],
 	"repository": {
 		"type": "git",
 		"url": "git+https://github.com/better-t-stack/create-better-t-stack.git",

apps/cli/src/helpers/project-config.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import path from "node:path";
+import { log } from "@clack/prompts";
 import { $, execa } from "execa";
 import fs from "fs-extra";
+import pc from "picocolors";
 import { PKG_ROOT } from "../constants";
 import type { ProjectConfig } from "../types";
 
@@ -79,7 +81,26 @@ export async function initializeGit(
 	projectDir: string,
 	useGit: boolean,
 ): Promise<void> {
-	if (useGit) {
+	if (!useGit) return;
-		await $({ cwd: projectDir })`git init`;
+
+	const gitVersionResult = await $({
+		cwd: projectDir,
+		reject: false,
+		stderr: "pipe",
+	})`git --version`;
+
+	if (gitVersionResult.exitCode !== 0) {
+		log.warn(pc.yellow("Git is not installed"));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const result = await $({
+		cwd: projectDir,
+		reject: false,
+		stderr: "pipe",
+	})`git init`;
+
+	if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
+		throw new Error(`Git initialization failed: ${result.stderr}`);
 	}
 }

apps/cli/src/index.ts

@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ async function main() {
 		.option("--frontend <types...>", "Frontend types (web, native, none)")
 		.option(
 			"--addons <types...>",
-			"Additional addons (pwa, tauri, biome, husky)",
+			"Additional addons (pwa, tauri, biome, husky, none)",
 		)
-		.option("--no-addons", "Skip all additional addons")
 		.option("--examples <types...>", "Examples to include (todo, ai)")
 		.option("--no-examples", "Skip all examples")
 		.option("--git", "Initialize git repository")
@@ -285,8 +284,12 @@ function validateOptions(options: CLIOptions): void {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (options.addons && options.addons.length > 0) {
+	if (
-		const validAddons = ["pwa", "tauri", "biome", "husky"];
+		options.addons &&
+		Array.isArray(options.addons) &&
+		options.addons.length > 0
+	) {
+		const validAddons = ["pwa", "tauri", "biome", "husky", "none"];
 		const invalidAddons = options.addons.filter(
 			(addon: string) => !validAddons.includes(addon),
 		);
@@ -300,6 +303,11 @@ function validateOptions(options: CLIOptions): void {
 			process.exit(1);
 		}
 
+		if (options.addons.includes("none") && options.addons.length > 1) {
+			cancel(pc.red(`Cannot combine 'none' with other addons.`));
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+
 		const webSpecificAddons = ["pwa", "tauri"];
 		const hasWebSpecificAddons = options.addons.some((addon) =>
 			webSpecificAddons.includes(addon),
@@ -382,10 +390,10 @@ function processFlags(
 	}
 
 	let addons: ProjectAddons[] | undefined;
-	if ("addons" in options) {
+	if (options.addons && Array.isArray(options.addons)) {
-		if (options.addons === undefined) {
+		if (options.addons.includes("none")) {
 			addons = [];
-		} else if (options.addons) {
+		} else {
 			addons = options.addons.filter(
 				(addon): addon is ProjectAddons =>
 					addon === "pwa" ||

apps/cli/src/prompts/addons.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export async function getAddonsChoice(
 	);
 
 	const response = await multiselect<ProjectAddons>({
-		message: "Which Addons would you like to add?",
+		message: "Select addons",
 		options,
 		initialValues,
 		required: false,

apps/cli/src/prompts/auth.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function getAuthChoice(
 	if (auth !== undefined) return auth;
 
 	const response = await confirm({
-		message: "Would you like to add authentication with Better-Auth?",
+		message: "Add authentication with Better-Auth?",
 		initialValue: DEFAULT_CONFIG.auth,
 	});
 

apps/cli/src/prompts/backend-framework.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export async function getBackendFrameworkChoice(
 	if (backendFramework !== undefined) return backendFramework;
 
 	const response = await select<ProjectBackend>({
-		message: "Which backend framework would you like to use?",
+		message: "Select backend framework",
 		options: [
 			{
 				value: "hono",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export async function getBackendFrameworkChoice(
 			{
 				value: "elysia",
 				label: "Elysia",
-				hint: "TypeScript framework with end-to-end type safety)",
+				hint: "Ergonomic web framework for building backend servers",
 			},
 		],
 		initialValue: DEFAULT_CONFIG.backend,

apps/cli/src/prompts/database.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export async function getDatabaseChoice(
 	if (database !== undefined) return database;
 
 	const response = await select<ProjectDatabase>({
-		message: "Which database would you like to use?",
+		message: "Select database",
 		options: [
 			{
 				value: "none",

apps/cli/src/prompts/examples.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export async function getExamplesChoice(
 
 	if (backend === "elysia") {
 		response = await multiselect<ProjectExamples>({
-			message: "Which examples would you like to include?",
+			message: "Include examples",
 			options: [
 				{
 					value: "todo",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export async function getExamplesChoice(
 
 	if (backend === "hono") {
 		response = await multiselect<ProjectExamples>({
-			message: "Which examples would you like to include?",
+			message: "Include examples",
 			options: [
 				{
 					value: "todo",

apps/cli/src/prompts/frontend-option.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export async function getFrontendChoice(
 	if (frontendOptions !== undefined) return frontendOptions;
 
 	const response = await multiselect<ProjectFrontend>({
-		message: "Which frontend applications would you like to create?",
+		message: "Choose frontends",
 		options: [
 			{
 				value: "web",

apps/cli/src/prompts/git.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export async function getGitChoice(git?: boolean): Promise<boolean> {
 	if (git !== undefined) return git;
 
 	const response = await confirm({
-		message: "Initialize a new git repository?",
+		message: "Initialize git repository?",
 		initialValue: DEFAULT_CONFIG.git,
 	});
 

apps/cli/src/prompts/install.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export async function getNoInstallChoice(
 	if (noInstall !== undefined) return noInstall;
 
 	const response = await confirm({
-		message: "Do you want to install project dependencies?",
+		message: "Install dependencies?",
 		initialValue: !DEFAULT_CONFIG.noInstall,
 	});
 

apps/cli/src/prompts/orm.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export async function getORMChoice(
 	if (orm !== undefined) return orm;
 
 	const response = await select<ProjectOrm>({
-		message: "Which ORM would you like to use?",
+		message: "Select ORM",
 		options: [
 			{
 				value: "drizzle",

apps/cli/src/prompts/package-manager.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export async function getPackageManagerChoice(
 	const detectedPackageManager = getUserPkgManager();
 
 	const response = await select<ProjectPackageManager>({
-		message: "Which package manager do you want to use?",
+		message: "Choose package manager",
 		options: [
 			{ value: "npm", label: "npm", hint: "Node Package Manager" },
 			{

apps/cli/src/prompts/runtime.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export async function getRuntimeChoice(
 	if (runtime !== undefined) return runtime;
 
 	const response = await select<ProjectRuntime>({
-		message: "Which runtime would you like to use?",
+		message: "Select runtime",
 		options: [
 			{
 				value: "bun",

apps/cli/src/prompts/turso.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export async function getTursoSetupChoice(turso?: boolean): Promise<boolean> {
 	if (turso !== undefined) return turso;
 
 	const response = await confirm({
-		message: "Set up a Turso database for this project?",
+		message: "Set up Turso database?",
 		initialValue: DEFAULT_CONFIG.turso,
 	});
 

apps/cli/src/utils/generate-reproducible-command.ts

@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ export function generateReproducibleCommand(config: ProjectConfig): string {
 	}
 
 	flags.push(config.auth ? "--auth" : "--no-auth");
-
 	flags.push(config.git ? "--git" : "--no-git");
-
 	flags.push(config.noInstall ? "--no-install" : "--install");
 
 	if (config.runtime) {
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ export function generateReproducibleCommand(config: ProjectConfig): string {
 	if (config.addons && config.addons.length > 0) {
 		flags.push(`--addons ${config.addons.join(" ")}`);
 	} else {
-		flags.push("--no-addons");
+		flags.push("--addons none");
 	}
 
 	if (config.examples && config.examples.length > 0) {
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ export function generateReproducibleCommand(config: ProjectConfig): string {
 	const pkgManager = config.packageManager;
 
 	if (pkgManager === "npm") {
-		baseCommand = "npm create better-t-stack@latest";
+		baseCommand = "npx create-better-t-stack@latest";
 	} else if (pkgManager === "pnpm") {
 		baseCommand = "pnpm create better-t-stack@latest";
 	} else if (pkgManager === "bun") {

apps/web/src/app/(home)/_components/StackArchitech.tsx

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ const TECH_OPTIONS = {
 		{
 			id: "ai",
 			name: "AI Example",
-			description: "AI integration example",
+			description: "AI integration example using AI SDK",
 			icon: "🤖",
 			color: "from-purple-500 to-purple-700",
 			default: false,
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ const StackArchitect = () => {
 
 		if (stackState.addons.length > 0) {
 			flags.push(`--addons ${stackState.addons.join(" ")}`);
+		} else {
+			flags.push("--addons none");
 		}
 
 		if (stackState.examples.length > 0) {